My Father's Shadow (2025)
1h 34m
Running Time
May 18, 2025Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Sope Dirisu
Folarin / Executive Producer
Efon Wini
Bola
Godwin Egbo
Chibuike Marvellous Egbo
Akinola Davies
Director / Writer / Executive Producer
Wale Davies
Writer / Executive Producer
Ama Ampadu
Executive Producer
Rachel Dargavel
Producer
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer
Nick Hayes
Line Producer
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer
Funmbi Ogunbanwo
Producer
Eva Yates
Executive Producer
CJ Mirra
Original Music Composer
Duval Timothy
Original Music Composer
PC Williams
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
sibling relationship
estranged father
1990s
lagos
father son relationship
Wiki.
My Father's Shadow is an upcoming drama film directed by Akinola Davies Jr. (in his feature length film debut) from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Wale Davies. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, it follows a family reunion during the 1993 Nigerian election.
The film, a British-Nigerian co-production, will have its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2025, the first time a Nigerian film has been selected for the festival's Official Selection. The streaming service Mubi acquired distribution rights for North America, the U.K., Ireland, and Turkey in February 2025.