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6 articles available in total starting from 22/02/2022. Last article published on 22/05/2025.

Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow

Interview: Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow

"We wanted to make something that services us, our community and masculinity in general"

CANNES 2025: The British-Nigerian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a film that is set over the course of one day, in which he plays with the concept of time  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: My Father's Shadow

Review: My Father's Shadow

CANNES 2025: Akinola Davies Jr impresses with this tale of two brothers reuniting with their estranged father for one day in Lagos, against the backdrop of the country’s 1993 election  

19/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

The semi-autobiographical tale stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as a father navigating Lagos with his two young sons amidst the country’s 1993 civil unrest  

15/04 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland/Nigeria

Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Interview: Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

“An individual has to put their selfish interests aside to focus on the beautiful goal that we aim to achieve”

Four members of the Agbajowo Collective speak about their debut fiction feature and how their filmmaking intersects with their grassroots social advocacy efforts  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

The Agbajowo Collective signs a meaningful, grassroots-orientated debut film informed by the ongoing evictions of informal settlements in Africa’s largest city  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: No U-Turn

Review: No U-Turn

BERLINALE 2022: Nollywood director Ike Nnaebue's accomplished Berlinale Documentary Award Special Mention-winning film tells a strong story but has a confusing attitude  

22/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

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