BAFTA Winner:
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer).
Akinola Davies Jr’s intimate and resplendent film chronicles two brothers spending a rare day with their father in Lagos.
My Father’s Shadow is a poetic, tender portrait of father–son bonds. Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis.
Brothers and collaborators Akinola Davis Jr. and Wale Davies bring us a groundbreaking feature debut – centering an award-winning performance by Sopé Dìrísù (Slow Horses, Gangs of London) – that reveals the profound depths of what families leave unspoken.
Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.