My Fathers Shadow Looms Over Competition At British Independent Film Awards

Akinola Davies Jrs Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations, including best film and besr director Nigeria-set drama My Fathers Shadow is the leading contender at this years British independent film awards Bifas, after it scooped 12 nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Akinola Davies Jr, and best screenplay for Daviess brother Wale. The film came out ahead of , adapted from Adam Mars-Joness coming-of-age relationship story, which got 10 nominations, and biopic , which got nine. My Fathers Shadow, which stars Sope Dirisu and is Daviess debut feature as a director, premiered at the Cannes film festival to admiring reviews. as a transparently personal project and a coming-of-age film in its traumatised way, a moving account of how, just for one day, two young boys glimpse the real life and real history of their father who has been mostly absent for much of their lives. The film is yet to be released in the UK, but has already come out in Nigeria.