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
“While this is a familiar story and backdrop, its tender, empathetic storytelling is elevated by handsome cinematography and heartfelt performances.” - Wendy Ide for Screen International
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 | OPENING FILM at the PINK APPLE Queer Film Festival 20025 | Frameline 2025 | CAFILM Pride Presents Frameline49 Picks |