Project Detail

Giraffe

Synopsis

Before their 17th Birthdays, two black boys attempt to bury contraband in order to save their cultural identity from being erased by the UK government, however, they unearth new truths that test their friendship.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival London 2023

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Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 min 35 sec
Director: Caleb Femi
Producer: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producer: Dionne Farrell, Emma Kayee
Editor: Gary Coogan
Screenwriter: Caleb Femi
Director of Photography: Nathalie Pitters
Production Designer: Charlotte Toon
Sound: Chad Ororo Raymond
Principal cast: Kwabena Ansah, D'Angelo Graham

Genre

Horror Black Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

ABKA Creative

Kareem Adeshina

kareemadeshina@gmail.com

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c/o Caleb Femi

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www.calebfemi.com

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

Black Drama