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Joseph a. Adesunloye is an award winning British-Nigerian producer/writer/director. He was nominated for the BFI IWC Schaffhausen Filmmakers Bursary Award at the 60th BFI London Film Festival in 2016. In 2017 Joseph was longlisted ‘Best Debut Screenwriter’ at BIFA. Joseph's second feature FACES premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in 2018, where it was nominated for ‘Best International Feature’, and won ‘Best Feature’ at the Durban LGBT Film Festival; the film stars Terry Pheto from Oscar winning Tsotsi. Joseph’s third feature Vanilla starring Yann Gael (1899, Sakho et Mangane) & James Smith (The Favourite, The Thick of It) is in post. Joseph currently has several TV projects in development. He guest lectures at the University of the Arts London and for the NYU Tisch School of the Arts at the National Film & Television School (NFTS). Joseph is a member of BAFTA and Directors UK and has been a trustee at the Film and TV Charity since 2019.
Joseph a. Adesunloye
EXECUTIVE & SENIOR PRODUCER
British-Nigerian Oreka Godis is an interdisciplinary storyteller who began her broadcast career as a presenter on The Beat 99.9FM before transitioning into consulting for Network News 24, hosting groundbreaking game shows, talent shows and EbonyLife TV's syndicated talk show, Love Lounge. A former Head of Content Acquisition at iROKO Partners, Oreka has represented African Cinema on many platforms including the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization and Advertising Week Europe’s ‘1.2 Billion Stories from Africa’. Her borderless vision has afforded her the opportunity to work internationally on projects that have premiered on notable grounds such as the Durban International Film Festival, won accolades including the Nigerian Entertainment Awards, AMVCA, ELOY, Zanzibar International Film Festival and the British Urban Film Festival. As a writer, her work often explores themes of identity, belonging, the weight of cultural expectations and acceptance.
Oreka Godis
SENIOR PRODUCER & HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
Brazilian born Caio J. Bonfim studied at the Federal University of Bahia, in the Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts, with enphasis in Cinema and Audiovisual. Caio’ s key focus is in audiovisual production, helping to develop projects. Other than his native Portuguese, Caio speaks multiple languages including English, Spanish and French.