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The Last River

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Open Call: Lagos Drama

Feature film · 3 days left

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24 applicants
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FILMOGRAPHY · CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SIGNED

2025

Echoes of Lagos

Director

2024

Dust & Gold

Screenwriter

2023

The River Knows

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African Film Fund Grant

African Development Bank · Pan-African

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