My Father’s Shadow
Monday 25 May 2026
- Duration: 94 mins
Language: Nigerian Pidgin and Yoruba and English with Open Captions
| Monday 25 May
8pm |
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Whilst their mother is away in the village, young Nigerian bothers Remi and Akin are taken by surprise when their often-absent father Folarin arrives home. Their surprise turns into excitement when Folarin suggests that the brothers accompany him to Lagos for the day, as he needs to collect a long-overdue salary. The trip becomes a journey of discovery for the boys as they spend time with their father and become more aware of their country’s political unrest.
Drawing loosely on his own experiences and co-written with his brother, this first feature from director Akinola Davies Jr. deftly explores themes of loss, memory, nostalgia and connected histories. My Father’s Shadow is an extraordinary debut and a powerful, poetic piece of cinema
Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival 2025
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025
Toronto International Film Festival 2025
BFI London Film Festival 2025
Awards:
Winner-Best Director, British Independent Film Awards2025
Co-produced by Irish company Element Pictures
‘...a powerful debut that truncates the destiny of a nation and the fortunes of a beleaguered family into one fateful day trip’
★★★★ The Irish Times
‘In his Cannes - winning feature debut, the British - Nigerian filmmaker has crafted something quite special, and nails that elusive trick of finding the universal in the particular’
★★★★ The Irish Independent
