Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "My Fathers Shadow" (Credit: Cannes Film Festival) Akinola Davies Jr. feels, as many do, that he grew up in the shadow of his ...

EXCLUSIVE: Element Pictures’ Rachel Dargavel, producer of Akinola Davies’s My Father’s Shadow, Nigeria’s first Cannes entry, tells Deadline that she and the filmmaker are in very early stages of ...

Following its Cannes premiere earlier this year, My Father’s Shadow has released the first trailer of its semi-autobiographical tale. Premiering Feb. 6 in theaters, via Mubi, the Akinola Davies ...

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...

EXCLUSIVE: Gangs Of London star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is leading cast in Akinola Davies Jr’s anticipated feature debut My Father’s Shadow, which is being produced by Poor Things and Normal People outfit ...

"Everything is sacrifice. You just have to pray you don't sacrifice the wrong thing." Mubi has revealed an official trailer for one of the best indie discoveries of the year - a film titled My ...

The British Independent Film Award nominations for 2025 have been unveiled, celebrating the past year of independently funded productions from the United Kingdom. Akinola Davies Jr.'s Cannes premiere ...