Moreetsi Gabang

Moreetsi Gabang is a writer-director from Botswana. He is an alumnus of Talents Durban (2017), Berlinale Talents (2018), the DFMI Business Lab 2021-22, AuthenticA Series Lab (2023-2024), and Botswana Ignite StoryLab (2025). His feature film, “THUPO [Initiation]”, currently in development, won the ScreenCraft Film Fund 2023 Award and was selected for the DFMI Jumpstart 2023. Moreetsi graduated valedictorian from AFDA Johannesburg, and completed his MA (First Class) after receiving the Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate International Scholarship to study at UAL: London College of Communication. His short film “Motswakwa (Foreigner)” was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards, while “Zombie Date Night in Tlokweng” won the inaugural NEFTi Africa Competition 2024 Best Film and Audience Choice Awards. He is an alumnus of the Botswana Wildlife Film School, as well as a two-time recipient of the Bessie Head Literature Awards and Shore Script 2024 Script Development Fund recipient. Moreetsi worked as an assistant writer on the international series “Liar: Africa”, with his most recent film “Baratani (The Hill of Lovers)” winning the NEFTi All Stars 2024 Competition Best Film and Audience Choice Awards. In 2025, Moreetsi was selected by Institut Français as part of the Botswana Delegation attending Durban FilmMart, and in 2026 as part of the “New Voices of Southern Africa” delegation attending Festival de Cannes.