By Fungai James - Zimbabwean filmmaker, Rumbi Katedza’s film, Asylum, is one of only two African entries up for the Radio Canada International Migrations People’s Choice Award.

The short film is about a Sudanese woman seeking Asylum in the UK and in the process, the horrors of her past life in Darfur keep coming back to haunt her.

Those who wish to vote for Katedza's film should do so between October 16 and 22 which is the competition's quarter final.

Below is the list of films in the competition.

10 Competing Films in English

• Asylum - Rumbi Katedza - Zimbabwe
• Border Crossing - Oscar León - US/Mexico
• The Break - Luiza Cocora - Canada
• Chino - Rogelio Sastre - Spain
• The Deported - Mustaque Ahmed - South Korea
• Extranjero - Diego Sarmiento - US/Peru
• Hearts Suspended - Meghna Damani - US
• The Lesson - Punam Kumar Gill - Canada
• Split Horizon - Simon Trépanier and Abraham Lifshitz - Canada
• The Taskmaster - Dominika Dittwald and Areta Lloyd - Canada

Katedza's appeal

Dear Friends

Please take the time to login to www.rciviva.ca/migrations this week to vote for my film, ASYLUM, which is up for the RCI Migrations People’s Choice Award. It’s one of only 2 films from Africa in the international competition. Need as many votes as possible so spread the word! See below for more info.