From Experimental into Blockbusters: Can the “A24 Model” with Artsy Productions Improve Nollywood’s Silver Screen
“We want to prove that non-commercial films can work in Nigeria!” This is an ambitious and bold statement from Chuko and Arie Esiri, a pair of independent filmmaking twins from Nigeria. The first reaction to such a grand statement is to be dismissive, to downplay it as a pie in the sky dream. Understandably so. After all, there are easier ways of establishing a career in the arts than by pursuing…
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Ẹ Ǹlẹ́ o! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist) and Bina (Bina007) travel to the country of Nigeria to discuss the following films:
5:04 – Eyimofe / This Is My Desire (Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri, 2020)26:51 – My Friend Fela /…
Still on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day Anniversary…Eyimofe Set for London Premiere
As part of activities to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day anniversary, a film, Eyimofe (This is my desire), is set to be premiered in the United Kingdom, at BFI London Film Festival on October 11.
The film, which had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February, is also billed to celebrate its U.S premiere at the AFI Fest on October 20.
“This is Wisdom,” the titular character says in “Eyimofe,” the début feature co-directed by the Nigerian brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri. Mofe, as he is known, is an electrician at a printing press. He is introducing a new apprentice, whose name is Wisdom, to his co-workers. But “this is Wisdom”—he says it twice—resonates. It serves as a signal, one of many in this artful and luminous film, that we…
This Is My Desire https://bit.ly/3ddJlWZ “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” – to borrow a phrase often credited to John Lennon – is the movie This Is My Desire (aka Eyimofe) distilled down to an essence. Told in distinct chapters subtitled Spain and Italy, it follows two denizens of Lagos, Nigeria, and dives … Read More »
#StoriesAsToldByUs Excerpt from Besida by Arie + Chuko Esiri
Synopsis: Believing his sister is being lured away by the same people he's trying to escape Mudiaga tries to make amends before it is too late. Shot in Abraka, Nigeria, and drawing from ethnographic and film noir traditions BESIDA is a mediation on repentance and fate.
Besida will be playing among other films in the Volume 2 line up. See link below to reserve your spot for the livestream on Oct 16th & 18th.
Het regieduo Ari en Chuko Esiri levert met Eyimofe een keurige debuutfilm af, maar ze weten in dit portret van de Nigeriaanse hoofdstad Lagos niet tot de kern van hun personages door te dringen.
Eyimofe’: Twin Directors’ impressive Feature Debut pushes Nigerian Cinema to New Heights
Eyimofe’: Twin Directors’ impressive Feature Debut pushes Nigerian Cinema to New Heights
Eyimofe’: Twin Directors’ impressive Feature Debut pushes Nigerian Cinema to New Heights
The movie, Financed entirely in Nigeria and made with a predominantly Nigerian cast and crew, Arie and Chuko Esiri are capturing international attention with their feature in new movie “Eyimofe”.
“Eyimofe” (“This Is My Desire”), the debut feature from co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri, is…