My Father's Shadow

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 94 min
  • Premiere: 2025. May 18.

Kid brothers Remi and Akin get to spend a gift of a day with their estranged father Folarin. They go on a voyage into Lagos observing the colossal city for the first time and the hoops their father must deal with to provide. All this happens in the backdrop of a huge 1993 presidential election result which calls into question his ability to get them home.

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Camera

Jermaine Edwards

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

PC Williams

Costume Design

Directing

Akinola Davies

Director

Ade Oshin

First Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Ama Ampadu

Executive Producer

Ed Guiney

Executive Producer

Nick Hayes

Line Producer

Andrew Lowe

Executive Producer

Eva Yates

Executive Producer

Akinola Davies

Executive Producer

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Executive Producer

Wale Davies

Executive Producer

Shaheen Baig

Casting

Sound

CJ Mirra

Original Music Composer

Duval Timothy

Original Music Composer

Chad Orororo

Sound Designer

James Ridgway

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Wale Davies

Writer