Brood

Michael Omonua | Nigeria | 2017 | 5' |

| IFFR 2018

A guy who does not know how to break up with his girlfriend keeps replaying the conversation in his head. Shot in a distinct visual style by Michael Omunua with emerging cinematographer Baba Agba, Brood is an epitome of the bold new voices emerging from Nigeria.

Also in this combined programme

My Mother’s Stew
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A trip down memory lane for a young woman who finds out that she was adopted.
Black Barbie
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A young black woman bleaches her skin to conform to societal pressure.
1745
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Two sisters kidnapped from their home and sold into slavery attempt to retake their freedom.
I Believe in Pink
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
In a crowded market on the Lagos mainland, John makes men beautiful by tattooing their lips.
Got Flowers Today
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
“Even though he beat me, I got flowers today.” A touching animation based on a poem by Paulette Kelly.
Las Gidi Vice
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
TJ meets a girl at a party, unaware that she is about to give him a night he will never forget.
Freak the Fxxk Out
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Creepy figures in the shape of humans do strange things.
Born
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A young woman feels she has no choice but to terminate her pregnancy.
POM VS. QUACKS
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
In this satire, the QUACKS conspire to overthrow the POM (Party of Ministers), an opposing elite African political group.