Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow
"We wanted to make something that services us, our community and masculinity in general"
by Ana Stanic
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
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British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr discusses his first feature My Father's Shadow [+see also:
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film profile], a film screening in the 78th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section that is set over the course of one day, in which he plays with the concept of time.
