Short film

Once Again: The Start of it All
2026 · 15 min
A short, earnest sci-fi drama that trades spectacle for quiet urgency and a father's grief.
- Directed by
- Brian Amadi
- Starring
- Reine Faiad, Shannon Moores, Nonceba Khumalo
- Overview
- In the year 2509, Dr. Obi Iheuche, a brilliant scientist and devoted father, is racing against time to save his terminally ill daughter. As Obi secretly develops a device capable of altering time itself, his work draws the attention of the institution for which he works. This film is an Afro-futurist meditation on fatherhood, memory, and the cost of love under unforgiving systems.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Parenthood, memory, love, technology
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Brian Amadi
- Starring
- Reine Faiad, Shannon Moores, Nonceba Khumalo
