38° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
TORINO 38

EYIMOFE

THIS IS MY DESIRE
by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
Country: Nigeria, USA
Year: 2020
Duration: 116'


Mofe and Rosa live in Lagos. He works in a factory; she is a hairdresser. They want to emigrate in the hope of finding a better life abroad than the one they have in Nigeria. But destiny seems to thwart their plans and when their dream evaporates, they are forced to reconsider the possibility of constructing their longed-for future at home. From Nigeria, a powerful debut in which drama, but also patience and the ability to come up with solutions, take on the form of daily life.

Biography

film director

Arie Esiri

Arie Esiri (Warri, Nigeria, 1985) graduated in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University, New York; he later began to work as a producer and to direct commercials. In New York he collaborated with his twin brother Chuko on two shorts. Together, they made Goose (2015), presented at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and Arie produced Chuko's short Besida (2016), presented at many international film festivals, including the Berlinale and the BFI London Film Festival. Eyimofe, their first feature film, was selected for the Forum in Berlin.

FILMOGRAFIA

Goose (coregia Chuko Esiri, cm, 2015), Eyimofe (This Is My Desire, coregia Chuko Esiri, 2020).

Chuko Esiri

Chuko Esiri (Warri, Nigeria, 1985) graduated in screenwriting and directing from New York University. In New York, he collaborated with his twin brother Arie on two shorts. Together, they made Goose (2015), presented at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and Arie produced Chuko's short, Besida (2016), presented at many international film festivals, including the Berlinale and the BFI London Film Festival. Eyimofe, their first feature film, was selected for the Forum in Berlin.

FILMOGRAFIA

Goose (coregia Chuko Esiri, cm, 2015), Besida (cm, 2016), Eyimofe (This Is My Desire, coregia Chuko Esiri, 2020).

Declaration

film director

“We don't set out to make films to prove a point or make people think a certain way, but more to show in as much truth as we can what a certain situation is like. Or what the quotidian here in Lagos entails. And that leds itself to the way we shoot which is very objective, almost like documentary style, as we are just trying to convey a truth about a situation.” (A. Esiri)

“I just want people to experience this part of the world that they probably don’t know or have never seen. To recognize themselves in the characters; to go on an emotional journey with the characters. And also to recontextualize what you may or may not have heard about the reasons why people are leaving the country.” (C. Esiri)

Cast

& Credits

DIRECTOR: Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri. SCREENPLAY: Chuko Esiri. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Arseni Kachaturan. FILM EDITING: Andrew Stephen Lee. SET DESIGN: Taisa Malouf. MUSIC: Akin Adebowale. SOUND: Pius Fatoke. CAST: Jode Akuwudike, Temi Ami-williams, Tommie Edun, Jacob Alexander, Cynthia Ebijie, Chioma 'Chigul' Omeruah. PRODUCTION: Ominira Studios, Kimiera Media, GDN Productions.

CONTACTS: Pascale Ramonda pascale@pascaleramonda.com
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