Onyeka Igwe
Still: A Radical DuetOnyeka IGWE is an artist, filmmaker, programmer and PhD researcher at University of the Arts London. Her video works have been shown around the world. In February 2017, she was selected as an Associate Artist at The Showroom as part of The Holding Space programme. Her short film the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered won the 2019 Berwick New Cinema Award. Igwe is Practitioner in Residence at the University of the Arts London and she will participate in the group show ‘Nigeria Imaginary’ in the national pavilion of Nigeria at the upcoming 60th Venice Biennial in 2024.
Filmography
(all short) Bordered (2012), Congregations (2013), Can We Dance for Me? (2014), We Need New Names (2015), Her Name in My Mouth (2018), Specialised Technique (2018), the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered (2019), No Archive Can Restore You (2020), a so-called archive (2020), The Miracle on George Green (2022), Ungentle (2022, co-dir), A Radical Duet (2023)
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Onyeka Igwe at IFFR
Her Name in My Mouth
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2018
Specialised Technique
In this found footage film with its distinctive soundtrack the filmmaker studies the colonial perspective, returning authorship to the dancers.
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered
Digging into personal, colonial and televisual archives, Onyeka Igwe trudges through the muddled biography of her grandfather.
26'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2020
No Archive Can Restore You
An exploration into the ‘sonic shadows’ that colonial moving images continue to generate.
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2024
A Radical Duet
Archives and histories come to life in this imagining of a radical anti-colonial play.
28'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2024