Projects matching: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

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A love story and escape movie set in an immigration removal centre.
A woman named Isio is caught working without papers. Relocated and trapped inside Hatchworth Removal Centre, she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Zadie is an independent florist, ready to take her career to the next level, but privately suffering from fibroids. When a dream job arrives, Zadie tries to control her morphing body but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.

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An action packed tale straight from the palms of a Nigerian mother, who on one fateful night serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever. FESTIVAL OF SLAPS explores the misconceptions of Pan African parenting and the clash of modern life.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023
BAFTA Film Awards 2024 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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Unable to accept his ex Jess's departure, Billy finds a website that allows him to design a sexbot in her image.
A dark comedy that looks at fragile masculinity masked within alpha male bravado, paced to an original score and told through spoken word.

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As a birthday gift from her teenage son, Mummy gets to meet a time-traveller from the future. The revelations will change their lives forever.
A bitter-sweet story of a son who wants to hurry forward and a mother who desperately wants to stay where she is.

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Charles is attacked and stabbed, leaving him traumatised. Journeying home, he runs into a friend, but his shame of being a victim stops him from reaching out. Finally, Charles makes it safely back home, to the one person he knows will not judge. But Mum isn’t answering the door...

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Jeremiah tries to rekindle his relationship with his estranged mother through his first solo exhibition after the death of his Father.

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When their car breaks down on the way back to London, a young couple hitch a ride with a lorry driver. The journey slowly reveals the cracks in their relationship as three worlds collide in unexpected ways.

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Inspired by writer, director and star Aml Ameen's life, BOXING DAY follows Melvin, a British author living in America, who returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée, Lisa, to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancée has left behind.

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When gallery director Ruth is accused of using her position to exploit people of colour, she protests her innocence - but her doubt turns to paranoia when anonymous portrait Canvas 5 starts to exert a power of its own.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 - Winner, Norman McLaren Award for Best British Short Film

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In this beautiful drama, a couple battle for a future where they can find a home and freedom that is not determined by where they’re from.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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Feature adaptation of Rapman's sensational hit YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.