DREAMERS

2025 | 78min | Quiddity Films & BBC Film

As her freedom is threatened, Isio, a Nigerian migrant freshly placed at a UK asylum removal centre, searches for the will to battle the system, and finds a kindred spirit who might help her through. Freedom is elusive, but love is eternal.

writer & director JOY GHARORO-AKPOJOTOR | producer EMILY MORGAN | director of photography ANNA PATARAKINA | production designer GINI GODWIN | editors ARTTU SALMI & VICTORIA BOYDELL | sound designer MAIKEN HANSEN | composer RE OLUNUGA | starring RONKE ADEKOLUEJO, ANN AKINJIRIN, AIYSHA HART & DIANA YEKINNI

**** “…thanks to subtle, considered performances, a finely milled script, inventive craftsmanship and a deep sense of empathy for the precarious lives of refugees, it packs a considerable wallop..” - Leslie Felperin for The Guardian

**** ”A bold and tender story well told, and elevated by its personal nature. This is a strong debut from Gharoro-Akpojotor — she’s one to watch. Content collapsed..” - Amon Warmann for Empire

FESTIVALS:

WORLD PREMIERE at the 75th Berlin Int. Film Festival 2025. PANORAMA programme | NOMINATED for the SUTHERLAND AWARD (BEST FIRST FEATURE) at the 69th BFI London Film Festival 2025 | WINNER of JURY AWARD at the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2025 | Special Mention of the Lili Award for Best Feature at the MIX CPH LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 | OPENING FILM at the PINK APPLE Queer Film Festival 20025 | Frameline 2025 | CAFILM Pride Presents Frameline49 Picks | NewFest - The New York LGBQT+ Film Fest 2025 | 36th Dinard - Festival of British and Irish Film 2025 | Film By the Sea 2025