Desiree is an award winning producer/writer/director from Namibia. She was recently nominated Best first film by a director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2020 (AMAA). Her feature film “The White Line” is Namibia’s first film to be submitted to the Oscars 2022 and the Golden Globes.
Desiree with her Namibian company called DEVIne Film Productions facilitated a Netflix production in 2023, titled “Fiesta en la Madriguera” that was partly filmed in Namibia.
Desiree’s award winning debut film titled 'The White Line' has premiered and screened at various international film festivals across the globe and has went on to win Best newcomer director for Desiree and best film script and the Audience choice award at the Namibia Theatre and Film 2019 and went on to win Best cinematographer and Best Feature Film at the 7th African Emerging Filmmakers Award 2019 in Durban. The White Line also got a special jury mention at the 9th Luxor African Film Festival 2020 in Egypt for its direction and won the at the Africlap film festival 2020. Kilimanjoro award for Best Feature film in Toulouse, France.
