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I Am Not a Witch

6.7(140)20171h 33m3

Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Chichewa; Nyanja
  • witch
  • superstition
  • witch doctor
  • zambia

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

France, Germany, United Kingdom, Zambia

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereAFI Fest13 Nov 2017
    • PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2018
    • Theatrical7 Sept 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2017
    • Theatrical12A20 Oct 2017
    • Digital / OTT20 Oct 2017
    • Physical19 Jan 2018
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival9 Oct 2017
    • Theatrical1213 Jun 2019
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1520 Oct 2017
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical (limited)K-1820 Oct 2017
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival25 May 2017
    • TheatricalTP27 Dec 2017
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12A20 Oct 2017
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1213 Sept 2018
    • Physical12DVD9 Jan 2019
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical (limited)1520 Oct 2017
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT124 Aug 2017
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1520 Oct 2017

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I Am Not a Witch was released on 20 October 2017.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    11/8/2025

    7/10

    There’s a lovely scene towards the end of this film where the young “Shula” is secreted inside what looks like a papier-mâché prop from “Five Nights at Freddy’s” where the tourists approach her to discover she is a witch! That rather sums up the approach taken to this eight year old girl by a Zambian society that can’t quite decide whether she is to be burned at the stake or to be commercially exploited by the state.…

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