Queen of Katwe

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Dalla sua abitazione nella baraccopoli di Katwe, in Uganda, la giovanissima Phiona Mutesi non vede molto se non indigenza, nonostante la madre Harriet lavori sodo vendendo verdure per vestire e nutrire i figli. Quando un missionario ed ex calciatore di nome Robert inizia a insegnare ai bambini del posto come giocare a scacchi, Phiona dimostra dimestichezza con la disciplina. Riconoscendo il suo talento, Robert la prende sotto la sua ala protettiva. Nonostante i dubbi della madre, Phiona capirà presto che la sua passione per gli scacchi potrà aiutare a migliorare la vita della sua famiglia.

Une jeune femme parvient à quitter son bidonville en Ouganda pour participer au Championnat Mondial d'Echecs.

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Sudden Light is a brand-new album of solo piano music written by Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer Alex Heffes. With this album, the composer performs his own music for the frst time stripped back to solo piano in an intimate and personal journey of rediscovery. Born in the UK, Alex's life-long passion for playing the piano started at an early age and has been a constant throughout his career as a composer. In 2018 his piano playing came to an abrupt halt following an accident that left one hand severely broken. Surgery and rehabilitation left him unable to fully play for an extended period and gradually lead to his almost abandoning the instrument. His latest album, is a musical journey of rediscovery. In exploring some of his previous compositions and re-working them for solo piano, a new light is cast on the music and a new path created to the composer rediscovering how to perform again.

Sudden Light is a brand-new album of solo piano music written by Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer Alex Heffes. With this album, the composer performs his own music for the frst time stripped back to solo piano in an intimate and personal journey of rediscovery. Born in the UK, Alex's life-long passion for playing the piano started at an early age and has been a constant throughout his career as a composer. In 2018 his piano playing came to an abrupt halt following an accident that left one hand severely broken. Surgery and rehabilitation left him unable to fully play for an extended period and gradually lead to his almost abandoning the instrument. His latest album, is a musical journey of rediscovery. In exploring some of his previous compositions and re-working them for solo piano, a new light is cast on the music and a new path created to the composer rediscovering how to perform again.

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film The Elephant Queen (2019). The music was composed by Alex Heffes who has composed music to Miss Bala, Earth: One Amazing Day, Queen of Katwe. The Elephant Queen is a 2019 British-Kenyan documentary film directed by Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Golden Globe nominated composer Alex Heffes has over 60 film and TV scores to his name. It was his scores to Kevin Macdonald's Academy Award-winning films ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and BAFTA-winning TOUCHING THE VOID that first won him international acclaim. Alongside his long collaboration with Macdonald, he has worked with many of cinema’s top filmmakers such as Stephen Frears, Mira Nair, Catherine Hardwicke, Peter Webber and Tim Burton earning him the reputation as a composer with a unique voice who can communicate with directors at a deep level.