While the film has multiple “Best Documentary” wins at other film festivals this year, Pictures of Ghosts can best be described as a personal love letter that simultaneously spans numerous generations and remains timeless. Acclaimed director Kleber Mendonça Filho set out to tell the story of the Brazilian city he grew up in, Recife, by piecing together a 60+ year-old … Read More
I Do Not Come to You by Chance offers a compelling premise—examining the complexities and origins of Nigerian prince scams—a subject surprisingly underexplored in cinema. Directed by Ishaya Bako and adapted from Adaobi Nwaubani’s novel of the same name, I Do Not Come to You by Chance offers a profound exploration of poverty, attempting to balance humour and grim reality, … Read More
I Do Not Come to You by Chance delves into the world of scams, family dynamics, and the pursuit of a better life. Directed by Ishaya Bako, this gripping drama offers a unique perspective on a prevalent issue. Paul Nnadiekwe delivers a satisfactory performance as Kingsley, a young man reluctantly drawn into the world of email scams by his uncle … Read More
Structural problems underlining excruciating economic disparity, corruption, financial scams, and the lack of political accountability are as dreadful as absurdly comical. In the feature-length adaptation of Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s novel, I Do Not Come to You by Chance, Nigerian film director Ishaya Bako foregrounds this comicality garbed in an underplayed critique. The story follows Kingsley, a recent graduate who remains … Read More
I Do Not Come To You By Chance directed by Ishaya Bako is a heart-warming story about Kingsley Ibe’s moral struggle while determining how to financially support his family. Kingsley, played by Paul Nnadiekwe, is surrounded by beautifully distinct characters with strong moral compasses who believe they each know best. Kingsley struggles to decide if scamming people for money is … Read More
Based on Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s 2009 novel of the same name, I Do Not Come To You By Chance is a comedy-drama directed by Ishaya Bako that looks at the inner-workings of one of the infamous ‘Nigerian Prince’ email scams. Kingsley, played by Paul Nnadiekwe, is a lovable college graduate who seemingly cannot find work anywhere in his town, and … Read More
In spite of a variety of ambiguous themes, Ishaya Bako’s I Do Not Come To You By Chance is a film that inspires empathy in its audience, encouraging viewers to consider the circumstances of the individuals that have wronged them. The film demonstrates how poverty is a difficult cycle to break, and how far people will go to escape it. … Read More
Adapted from the Nigerian novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance is a film with an easy to follow, rounded plot that engages audiences from beginning to end. Telling a heartfelt story of poverty, firstborn responsibilities, and familial love in a world surrounded by Nigerian email scams; the film follows Kingley Ibe(played by Paul … Read More
Nigerian fraudulent email scams are revitalized with an air of humor and lightness in Ishaya Bako’s fresh dramatic comedy I Do Not Come to You By Chance. Unemployed graduate Kingsley has always doted on his Uncle Boniface, a sleazy bum-turned-billionaire who orchestrates fraudulent scams to swindle money from naïve victims. The family possesses a strong moral disdain towards the ethics … Read More
In the animated short film Aphasia, directed by Marielle Dalpé, a captivating and multi-layered narrative unfolds, immersing the audience in the perplexing world of aphasia. The film’s narrative approach is a nuanced interplay between the protagonist’s struggle with aphasia and the narrator’s own immersion in this linguistic labyrinth. As we bear witness to the character affected by aphasia navigating an … Read More
