Guided by his ancestors, a frustrated young man struggles to nurture his talent for art against the harsh realities of growing up within the inner city.
After winning "Best Social Drama" at it's very first festival screening (New Renaissance Festival, London), Mi O Le Ku went on to win "Best Foreign Short Film" at the Kapow Intergalactic Festival in Los Angeles, as well as "Best Cinematography" and "Best First-Time Filmmaker" at The People's Film Festival in London.
AWARD WINS
“Best Foreign Short“
Kapow International Festival, Los Angeles
“Best Cinematography“
The Peoples Film Festival, London
“Best First-Time Filmmaker“
The Peoples Film Festival, London
“Best Social Drama“
New Renaissance Festival, London
“Best Drama“
Incorto Film Festival, Mexico
ADDITIONAL AWARD NOMINATION
Best Performance in Drama
The Peoples Film Festival, London
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Hollywood Film Festival, Los Angeles
New Renaissance Festival, London
Kapow Intergalactic Festival, Los Angeles
Abuja International Film Festival, Nigeria
Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina
The Peoples Film Festival, London
Incorto Film Festival, Mexico
British Urban Film Festival, UK
Madrid Film Awards, Spain
Margate Film Festival, UK
Reele Sisters of the Diaspora, New York
CAST & CREW
REMI LAUDAT
Director
HAYDEN MCLEAN
as Jakob
Ayoola Smart
as Stephanie
Phillips Nortey
as Kelechi
FULL CREDITS
JAKOB - Hayden McLean
STEPHANIE - Ayoola Smart
AHMED - Omari Bernard
KELECHI - Phillips Nortey
JOAN - Angela Dennis
TOMMY - Tommy Alexander
ABDEL - Abdel Boudiema
DANIEL - Louis Lasa Tarbuck
DIRECTED BY
Remi Laudat
PRODUCED BY
Simone McIntyre
PRODUCED BY
Zina Alfa
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Honeywell
WRITER
Remi Laudat
EDITOR
Rodney Williams
KEY MAKE UP ARTIST
Summer Dyason
MAKE UP ARTIST
Sarah D’Cruz
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Yasmin Godo
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
Justin Juice Black
SOUND RECORDIST
Leonid Gribanov
1st ASSISTANT CAMERA
Vana Karamanou
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Bethan Moonery
Dawid Osiecki
STEADYCAM OPERATOR
Grant Sandy Phillips
COLOURIST
Tobiad James Tomkins
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Paul Kidd
Tomi Machado
Hedy Mowinckel
Gracia Mukadi
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY REMI LAUDAT STARRING HAYDEN McLEAN AYOOLA SMART PHILIPS NORTEY
OMARI BERNARD LOUIS TARBUCK ABDEL BOUDIEMA TOMMY ALEXANDER
PRODUCER SIMONE McINTYRE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOEL HONEYWELL EDITOR RODNEY WILLIAMS SOUNDTRACK “MANY MOODS MADNESS” BY NICK BREWER