Project Detail

Leaving Ikorodu in 1999

Synopsis

In Ikorodu, 10-year-old Momo has been sent for by her mother who migrated to London ahead of her. As she embarks on a road-trip to the airport with her aunt Fade and uncle Mahmoud, uncertainty drives them all to question whether Momo’s departure from Nigeria is truly for the best.
Official Selection BlackStar Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 min 32 sec
Director: Rashida Seriki
Producer: Tobi Kyeremateng
Executive Producer: Aoife Hayes, Amy O'Hara
Editor: Marnie Hollande
Screenwriter: Rashida Seriki
Director of Photography: Jaime Ackroyd
Production Designer: Zainab Abimbola Oladipupo
Sound: Chad Orororo
Composer: Cassie Kinoshi
Principal cast: Motunrayo Abiola-Oloke, Tomi Oojo, Tobi Bakre, Sheila Atim

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by FUTURE TAKES a joint initiative from the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding) and Film4

Them Ones Productions

Tobi Kyeremateng
85 Great Portland Street
First Floor
London
W1W 7LT

hello@tobikyere.com

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