Ngelime Debut Wins Three Awards at Locarno Open Doors 2026

Neema Ngelime's debut feature "The Ones With the Tempered Flowers" won the Sørfond Award, the ARTEKino International Award (€6,000), and the EAVE Award at Locarno Open Doors 2026, the festival's co-production platform (Locarnofestival.ch; The Hollywood Reporter, 14 August 2026). The hybrid documentary is a Tanzania-Kenya co-production produced by Ivy Kiru for LBx Africa, presented as a work-in-progress (The Hollywood Reporter, 14 August 2026).