Projects in genres: Black

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Following five queer Nigerians living in the UK as they document their lives through audio diaries. From childhood to the present, participants share stories that explore how universal ideas of family, love, and finding oneself are obfuscated within the intersection of Blackness, African-ness, and Queerness. Official Selection Encounters International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Winner Short Film Competition

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At the dawn of the American West, two men - one a little-known Creole, the other a closeted historical icon - entered into a volatile relationship that spanned a continent. DOK Leipzig 2023 (International Competition, Short Documentary) Flatpack Film Festival 2024 Lunenburg Doc Fest 2024 Bolton International Film Festival 2024

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We follow young married couple, Cassie and Ade, as they try their best to right a wrong. Cassie is focused and driven, Ade is laidback but apprehensive. They have their daughter’s best interests at heart, but their opinions clash. Can they agree to achieve their goal, and are their actions a little...extreme?

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On her first day at a high school in rural Scotland, a London teenager is targeted for her afro hair by cocksure class bully and must harness her inner power. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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Exploring burial traditions as old as the Benin Kingdom, RED SOIL follows the family of Mama, a beloved Nigerian elder, as they prepare for her funeral. Following custom, the film, shot on 16mm, offers an insight into the Edo State’s perspective on death. Over the course of three days, observing pilgrimage, music, prayer and dance, the film suggests a different form of mourning: a collective celebration of Life. Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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The loss of a family shop leads a young British Caribbean girl to consider her identity and sense of home. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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Life for Maya looks perfect: an athlete, popular, has a loving family, head over heels for her girlfriend Jasmine. However, she’s about to risk it all by inviting Jasmine around. With the help of her grandmother will dinner with her family go smoothly, or will they scare Jasmine off?

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Set in 1837, we bear witness to a gentleman's duel on the outskirts of London... A case of mistaken identity, poor timekeeping, injured pride masquerading as honour, a set of old duelling pistols, and what we have is a whirlwind journey of oddity and both intentional and unintentional death-doing…

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Mel, a young Black lesbian, enraged at being wrongfully jailed, casts a spell during her overnight stay in a cell-block to tip the power balance between herself and the Police. A disturbing look at racialised misogyny and its violent counterpart through a black, female gaze.

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Flipping the 'Essex Girl' trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2024

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‘A true mockery of nature…’ Claire grapples with the rejection of conditional love from a perfidious lover in this subversive religious horror.

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Alie is a hopeless romantic, with much emphasis on hopeless. Her friend sets her up on a blind date in what turns out to be a surprisingly perfect night.