EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE)
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Synopsis
A passport, photos and a visa: three recurring elements in Eyimofe (This is My Desire). Set in Lagos, Nigeria, the 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. The characters’ misfortunes are part of their everyday life and they are sketching out the need to leave Nigeria at the same time. At the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, status, money, gender, skin colour and family structures are inextricably connected. 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.
Eyimofe will be preceded by the short Lizard.
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About the Director
Arie and Chuko Esiri were born 30 minutes apart in Warri, Nigeria. Growing up in Lagos their mother would put a padlock on the TV in a misguided attempt to make them more studious. Twenty years later, both would enrol in film school. Arie graduated from Columbia University, and Chuko NYU. During their time in New York, they collaborated on a pair of short films: Besida, which premiered at the 68th Berlinale, and Goose, at the LA Film Festival. Eyimofe is their first feature film.
