My Father's Shadow (2025)
1h 34m
Running Time
May 18, 2025Release Date
My Father's Shadow (2025)
1h 34m
Running Time
May 18, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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.
Where to Watch.
Cinema
CinemaCurrently My Father's Shadow is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: mk2, Cinemas Pathe
Streaming in:🇫🇷 France
Cast & Crew.
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Folarin / Executive Producer
Efon Wini
Bola
Godwin Egbo
Akinola
Chibuike Marvellous Egbo
Olaremi
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
Jermaine Edwards
Director of Photography
Omar Guzmán
Editor
Chad Orororo
Sound Designer
James Ridgway
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Shaheen Baig
Casting
Tamu Bakr Jr.
Gaffer
Ade Oshin
First Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
sibling relationship
estranged father
1990s
lagos
father son relationship
Wiki.
My Father's Shadow is a 2025 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 Sope Dirisu, it follows a family reunion during the 1993 Nigerian election.
The film had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2025, where it won the Special Mention for the Caméra d'Or. It is the first ever Nigerian film to be selected for the festival's Official Selection.