Short film
Intermission
2022 · 20 min
A quiet, heavy short that sits with the ache of hiding who you are under social pressure.
- Directed by
- Chidozie C. Ahaiwe, Famous Odion Iraoya
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Christian Paul, Ruby Akubueze
- Overview
- Set in socially conservative Nigeria, against the backdrop of a 2014 law that criminalises same-sex relationships, Intermission is the story of one young man's quest to do right by society while seeking no more than the space to love who he loves.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, love, isolation, freedom
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Chidozie C. Ahaiwe, Famous Odion Iraoya
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Christian Paul, Ruby Akubueze

