Beryl Magoko

Filmmaker

Beryl Magoko is a Kenyan filmmaker. Her first film “The Cut” received several international awards. After her B.S. from KU in Uganda, she moved to Germany to improve her film making skills at the KHM in Cologne. When she is not glued on her computer brainstorming for new film ideas, she is out there to create awareness about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), or helping students from AIB (Academy for international education – Bonn) with story telling. She has finalized her diploma film “Womanhood” (In Search...) which was premiered in Leipzig and won the “Audience Award – Leipziger Ring” and “Best Student Documentary at International Documentary FIlm Festival Amsterdam”. Currently she is working on pre-production for her next Film.