Crazy World
“Magnificently Bonkers” - Variety. Nabwana makes action films in Uganda for under $200 and has the highest audience score in Fantastic Fest history!
“Magnificently Bonkers” - Variety
The latest gonzo extravaganza from Wakaliwood, Uganda — home of “DA BEST OF DA BEST MOVIES!” including cult hits WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX? and Fantastic Fest 2016 Audience Award winner BAD BLACK — CRAZY WORLD is a non-stop barrage of insane energy, deft comedy, fantastic action, and boatloads of passion.
For the past decade, director, writer, producer, editor, and cinematographer Isaac Nabwana and producer/star Alan Ssali Hofmanis, have cultivated a filmmaking community in Uganda, dubbed Wakaliwood, to produce dozens of blisteringly energetic action films with an infectious DIY sensibility on budgets that rarely exceed $200 US dollars. Utilizing scrap parts to build props like helicopters, these real-life superheroes inspire more heart, imagination and soul than a thousand Hollywood blockbusters.
Conceived by Isaac Nabwana as a pre-emptive measure to discourage the kidnapping of his own children (seriously), CRAZY WORLD opens with the notorious Tiger Mafia (a frequent Wakaliwood antagonist) embarking on a child-abduction spree. Intending to sacrifice children in a misguided belief that their blood contains magical properties, the criminals make a crucial mistake when they snatch the WAKA STARS, Uganda’s pint-sized kung-fu masters. Before long, these badass brats start applying their martial-arts prowess and cunning wits to escape their captors, while their desperate parents commence a rescue/revenge mission of their own. (Peter Kuplowsky, Toronto International Film Festival)
CRAZY WORLD blew away the audience at its Toronto Midnight Madness premiere in 2019, and now that it’s streaming exclusively on Alamo On Demand you can experience this year’s most insane action movie for yourself.
Director
Writer
Writer
Languages
English, Swahili
Subtitles
English
Country
Uganda
Studio
Official Wakaliwood
Bonus Content
Intro from director IGG Nabwana
3mWakaliwood founder and director IGG Nabwana guides us through his studio and shows us a behind the scenes look at the Waka Starz in training. Recorded in May for the We Are One Film Festival.
Waka Starz music video "Hey Tough Guys"
4mWaka Starz music video “Hey Tough Guys”
Waka Starz music video "Mpalampalampa"
3mWaka Starz music video “Mpalampalampa”
Waka Starz music video "Tings Gonna Be Alright"
4mWaka Starz music video “Tings Gonna Be Alright”
Alternate version of the piracy scene (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)
3mAlternate Version of the piracy scene (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)
Alternate version of the piracy scene (Moscow Film Festival)
2mAlternate version of the piracy scene (Moscow Film Festival)
Alternate version of the piracy scene (True False Film Festival)
2mAlternate version of the piracy scene (True False Film Festival)
Alternate version of the piracy scene (We Are One Film Festival)
3mAlternate version of the piracy scene (We Are One Film Festival)
Alternate version of the piracy scene (World Premiere at TIFF)
2mAlternate version of the piracy scene (World Premiere at TIFF)
CRAZY WORLD Karaoke Version (No VJ-Emmie audio track)
1h 2mHere is a version of CRAZY WORLD without VJ Emmie’s running commentary. Are you up for the challenge of playing video joker? Find out!