Synopse
A semi-autobiographical drama about one day in Lagos during the election crisis in the early 1990s and the first Nigerian film to be shown in the official selection at Cannes. Lagos, 1993. In the course of presidential elections, Nigeria is hit by a political crisis. All over the country, there are violent clashes and right at the highpoint of the tensions the two brothers Remi and Akin travel to the capital for the first time to spend a day with their alienated father. He tries to bring himself and the two boys to safety before they suffer political consequences. And only when they get there do the brothers realize what burdens their father has taken on to take care of them.
Regie
AKINOLA DAVIES won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021 for his film Lizard. Besides working as a film director, he realizes campaigns for major fashion brands and makes music videos for among others Neneh Cherry, Kae Tempest or Blood Orange.
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30.09.2025 15:15 Uhr
Metropolis
Info
Original Title: My Father’s Shadow
Category: Feature
Version & Subtitles: Nigerian Pidgin (Naijá), Yoruba, English OV with German subtitles
Section: Kaleidoscope
Production country: United Kingdom (Great Britain), Nigeria
Year of Production: 2025
Length: 94 min
Director: Akinola Davies Jr.
Screenplay: Wale Davies, Akinola Davies Jr.
Cast/Protagonists: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo
Producer: Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo
Production company: Element Pictures
Cinematography: Jermaine Edwards
Sound: CJ Mirra
Editor: Omar Guzmán Castro
Music: Duval Timothy, CJ Mirra
Production Design: Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti
Costume Design: PC Williams
Casting: Shaheen Baig
Co-producer: Lucy Drury
co-production company: The British Film Institute, Fremantle Media Limited, The Match Factory GmbH, Fatherland Media
World Sales: The Match Factory GmbH
Distributor: MUBI Deutschland GmbH - Streaming Dienst
Kontakt: Lysann Windisch / MUBI Deutschland GmbH - Streaming Dienst
