EYIMOFE (this is my desire)
A FILM BY CHUKO & ARIE ESIRI
SET IN LAGOS, NIGERIA FILM FOLLOWS THE STORIES OF MOFE, A FACTORY TECHNICIAN, AND ROSA, A HAIRDRESSER, ON THEIR QUEST FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE WILL BE A BETTER LIFE ON FOREIGN SHORES. A PASSPORT, PHOTOS AND A VISA FORM RECURRING ELEMENTS. THE CHARACTERS MISFORTUNES ARE PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE AND THEY ARE SKETCHING OUT THE NEED TO LEAVE NIGERIA AT THE SAME TIME. THE LONGING FOR ANOTHER LIFE IS BUT ONE THREAD IN THIS COMPLEX MESH, A PROMISE THAT FLOATS ABOVE THINGS AT ONCE NEAR AND FAR AWAY. IT PREMIERED AT THE 70TH BERLINALE FORUM.
Directors: Chuko & Arie esiri
Producer: Melissa O. Adeyemo
janus films / criterion collection
NIGERIA / 16MM / 2020
