Dreamers
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Fiction : 78' / Migrations, Lesbian, Friendship, Abuse, Human Rights

As her freedom is threatened, Isio, a Nigerian migrant freshly placed at a UK asylum removal centre, searches for the will to battle the system and finds a kindred spirit who might help her through. Freedom is elusive, but love is eternal.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa
September 24 | 22h00 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala Manoel de Oliveira
QL - Feature Film Competition
www.yellowaffair.com

/ Details

Year: 2025

Country: UK

Language: english

Subtitles: english, portuguese

With: Ronkę Adékoluęjo, Harriet Webb, Ann Akinjirin, Diana Yekinni, Aiysha Hart, Lucy Ware

/ Direction

Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

Nigeria


Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor runs Joi Productions. In 2019, she produced the hit Blue Story, which became the top grossing film of its genre. At the end of 2021, she produced Aml Ameen’s debut, Boxing Day, the first all-black Christmas film out of the UK. Also in 2021, Joy directed For Love, a short film with the support of BBC Film, which premiered at BFI London Film Festival with a Best Short Film Nomination. It was later nominated for Best Short Film at SXSW in 2022 and won an Honorable Mention in the Best Short Film category at BlackStar Film Festival and Best Short at DeadCentre Film Festival.


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