Runyararo Mapfumo has a resume dotted with impressive collaborators: BBC, BFI, and Google Arts, to name a few. But the London-based filmmaker is no stranger to scrappy productions. “We started out guerilla filmmaking,” she says. “I was writing projects that I knew we’d be able to make without any money and really limited resources. It was a way of telling the stories that I wanted to tell, but making sure that we’re actually able to do it.”
After getting her start shooting film on the fly with her sister, Runyararo now releases work under the moniker of her production company DessyMak, including the stand-out short “Masterpiece.” A charming comedy about a group of young men trying to interpret their friend’s art, “Masterpiece” nabbed a Vimeo Staff Pick and helped solidify Runyararo as a filmmaker on the rise.
We had a chance to sit down with Runyararo to hear more about how she embraces collaboration, what advice she has for aspiring filmmakers, and how she uses Vimeo tools throughout her creative process.
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