Feature Film•105 min•Dir. Damilola Orimogunje
Dear Ajayi
✦ Official Selection — 83rd Venice International Film Festival (Giornate degli Autori)
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Watch on YouTube↗Synopsis & Director's Statement
Set in southwestern Nigeria during the 1990s, estranged sisters Ade and Titi Ajayi must reunite under their late father's roof to care for their ailing mother, unearthing buried family secrets, artistic ambition, and deep-seated tensions. Making cinematic history as the first Nigerian film officially selected for the Venice International Film Festival Giornate degli Autori.
Festival Honors & Selections
✦Venice International Film Festival Official Competition
✦Hubert Bals Fund+ Europe Winner
✦World Cinema Fund Grantee
Cast & Principle Ensemble
Bimbo AkintolaTosin AdeyemiLanre Hassan (Mama Ereko)William BensonAntar LaniyanUzoamaka PowerMichelle DedeChioma Omeruah (Chigul)
Production Technicals
DirectorDamilola Orimogunje
CinematographyEdoardo De Angelis & Zynox Cinema Unit
EditingZynox Visual Unit
Original ScoreLimix & Zynox Sound Lab
Production209ine Films in association with Zynox Productions & Mayana