Yil Fomwul
Yil Fomwul is a producer/filmmaker from Nigeria. She has worked mostly on documentaries centered on women-affected issues like maternal health, nutrition and safety in areas affected by insurgency and and conflicts. Apart from working as the production coordinator and producer for Cinema Kpatakpata, a Nigerian film production company of repute, Yil also partners with countless NGOs to bring help to women and children from various sections of the society, through the Saphira Global Center for Social Development, the humane organisation she helped found. Presently, Yil is working on the feature film, Life More or Less which was the only Nigerian Selection at Durban Filmmart 2013. This same project was selected for the 6th edition of the Ouaga Film Lab (2021) where it won the prize to participate at the Rotterdam Lab next year. The project was written to be directed by Julius Morno and be produced in collaboration with Cinema Kpatakpata.
Cinema Kpatakpata – Nigeria
Formed in 2010, Cinema Kpatakpata is a Nigerian company whose partners have been working in film and television since 2006. The purpose of this new venture is to pool our collective talents and drive towards Nigerian and African film from within, setting new standards of creativity, quality and ambition for the industry.
It is a film collective that works in collaboration with young local filmmakers in order to develop projects that will compete internationally.
Our first film, Confusion Na Wa, got the Hubert Bals Fund from International Film Festival Rotterdam. The finished film held off competition from films like Nairobi Half Life and Elwani to win Best Film at the Africa Movie Academy in 2013 as well as the Jury Prize in 2014 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Our second film The Lost Café, was produced in collaboration with Peridot Entertainment in Norway and with support from Angenieux in France. The film was shot in Nigeria and France. The film won the Golden Palm award for Narrative Featureat the 2018 Mexico International Film Festival. It was also the Audience Prize winner at Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in Nigeria.
Projects in development
Life More Or Less by Julius Morno
Released films
Happiest People by Julius Morno
