Modupe
Synopsis
Cinematically, MODUPE moves between a stylised ensemble rehearsal and a sacred library-archive. The ensemble of voice, drum, and dance provides the film’s pulse, collapsing rehearsal and ritual into one. Deep blue light, reflective surfaces, and submerged imagery create a sensorial architecture that is both intimate and expansive, with water presence throughout evoking both flood and transformation.
Formally, the film resists linear storytelling, privileging atmosphere, rhythm, and sonic immersion. Objects, archives, and sacred materials hold the same cinematic weight as bodies in performance, reframing the archive as altar and sound as shrine. Narrative unfolds through resonance rather than resolution, drawing the viewer into a space of listening and reflection. MODUPE proposes cinema as a vessel for inheritance, where identity is fluid, memory is alive and liberation is lived through sound.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 18 min
- Director
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Evan Ifekoya
- Producer
- Ese Onojeruo
- Executive Producer
- Hannah Bush Bailey
- Editor
- Hannah Oliver
- Screenwriter
- Evan Ifekoya
- Director of Photography
- Morgan Spencer
- Composer
- Eden Alero
- Principal cast
- Ayebainemi Abieyuwa ése, Eden Alero, Evan Ifekoya
- Assistant Director
- Gesiye Souza-Okpofabri
- Focus Puller
- Stephen Ofori
- Gaffer
- Cat Castro
- Spark
- Dean Charles
- MUA
- Blessing Kambanga
- Set Designer
- Rema Kashay
- Production Assistant
- Erin O’Garro
- Production Assistant
- Anna-Maria Tesfaye
- Production Assistant
- Silva Gordon-Valenzuela
- Runner
- Emem Usanga
- Runner
- Nia Fekri
- BTS Photographer
- Puer Deorum
- Sound Engineer
- Joel Bartholemew
- Additional footage
- Evan Ifekoya, Hannah Oliver
- Narrator
- Evan Ifekoya
- Sound Mix and Master
- Kiera Coward-Deyell
- Recording Studio
- Noatune Studios
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund
Artarche Production
Ese Onojeruo52 Nash Road
London
SE4 2QJ
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