Abraham Adeyemi’s directorial debut No More Wings shares the story of two lifelong friends from South London who meet at a divergent point in their lives.; this topical film touches on both shattered dreams and success. The innovative We Are One festival featured programming from 20 top film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
Synopsis: Two childhood friends who meet at a divergent point in their lives in their favorite Fried Chicken shop in South London, touching on both shattered dreams, success and whether the decisions of the past have lifelong consequences.
Level-headed Isaac has big news to share with the disenfranchised Jude: he’s bought a house and is moving to East London. Jude does not receive the news well.
The enchanting tale of friendship treads between both past and present as their 15 and 25-year old selves dine in the chicken shop, showing how the once promising and talented Jude has struggled to fulfill his potential.
No More Wings is a nostalgic love letter to Adeyemi’s adolescence. It explores the significance of community, gentrifications impact on it and whether decisions of the past have lifelong consequences.
Abraham Adeyemi is an award-winning writer-director and playwright, hailing from South London. His works for stage have played at a number of prestigious British theatres and his previous shorts have screened at International Film Festivals. In 2019, he was a winner of Soho House’s global screenwriting competition Script House, subsequently receiving funding to make his winning short film script No More Wings.
Most recently, his directorial debut No More Wings received the Best Narrative Short Award at the Oscar-qualifying Tribeca Film Festival, 2020.
Producer Abiola Rufai-Awojide joined the BFI Network as a Coordinator, where she currently works to find and nurture emerging filmmaking talent. Prior to this she worked in commissioning as Off-Screen Talent Coordinator for Channel 4 UK. Abiola’s earlier work as producer includes Closure directed by Koby Adom, which was screened at the BFI Future Film Festival and was selected for a number of festivals.
The Official Trailer for No More Wings written and directed by Abraham Adeyemi
The crew are Director Abraham Adeyemi; Producer Abiola Rufai; Screenwriter Abraham Adeyemi; Cinematographer Olan Collardy; Editor Jim Page; Composer Adrian Leung; Executive Producer Fiona Lamptey, and Abraham Adeyemi.
The Cast are Ivanno Jeremiah, Parys Jordon, Joshua Cameron and Tyrus Mckenzie. The We Are One online festival is ran from May 29-June 7, 2020, and will be available on its YouTube Channel
Abraham Adeyemi is an award-winning writer, director and playwright, from South London. In 2020, his directorial debut No More Wings was crowned the best narrative short at Tribeca Film Festival, subsequently becoming an Oscar-qualifying film.
Abraham graduated in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University of London, followed by completing the prestigious Royal Court’s Writers Group. His works for stage have played at a number of British theatres including the Hammersmith Lyric and Theatre Royal Stratford East. His play These Minging Streets was long-listed for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2018, a play that began its journey as a short play starring Jude Law.
His past short films, Therapy and Closure, were screened at a number of festivals, including the BFI Future Film Festival and BAFTA-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival respectively. In 2019 he won Soho House’s global screenwriting competition Script House with his No More Wings script and his debut full-length play All the Shit I Can’t Say to my Dad was staged at London theatre The Bunker. He is currently on commission with Channel 4, developing an original pilot as part of their 4Screenwriting programme.
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