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Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest ...
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Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature “My Father’s Shadow” has emerged as the film to beat at the upcoming 2025 British Independent Film Awards. The Cannes-bowing film, starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and set ...
Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, leads this year’s British Independent Film Award nominations with 12 nods, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. Scroll down for the full ...
Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow, Harry Lighton’s Pillion and Kirk Jones’s I Swear lead the nominations for the 2025 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas). Davies Jr’s feature debut scored 12 ...
History was made in Lagos penultimate Tuesday evening as British-Nigerian filmmaker, Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, was screened to a packed hall at Filmhouse Cinema, Twin ...
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo and Godwin Egbo in My Father’s Shadow. Courtesy of Fatherland Productions A powerful work of memory and political fragility, Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s ...
Last night, Lagos hit a new cinematic milestone as My Father’s Shadow premiered in Nigeria ahead of its nationwide release on September 19, 2025 by FilmOne Distributions. The event, held at Filmhouse ...
When audiences step into cinemas this September for the Nigerian premiere of My Father’s Shadow, they’ll see a story of memory, fatherhood, and Lagos in 1993. But behind every frame of the ...