UPCOMING PROJECTS
Stories from three enchanting cities exploring characters in search of the divine, linked through space, time and culture.
Following the innovative MAMI WATA (2023) – which won the Special Jury Award for Cinematography at Sundance, writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi and DP, Lílis Soares continue to expand their vision and experimentation on perspective and gaze, through diverse African and Diasporic characterizations, using pre-existing traditional and ancient belief systems to offer and channel new possibilities of African cinema.
Supernatural / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Nigeria, Brazil, United Kingdom, USA, Senegal
Running Length: 90 mins. Approx.
Language: English/French/Portuguese/Wolof
Project Title: CHINUA
Format: Series Fiction
Project Stage: Script
LOGLINE: In a small town of green starry skies and two purple moons, the mundane life of a University Teacher spirals out of control after a mysterious encounter with a beautiful woman.
Project Title: INTORE: THE RISE OF AN AFRIKAN HERO
Format: Feature
Project Stage: Script
LOGLINE: Inspired by Kaptin Intore, a supehero from his childhood comics, the young, sensitive and socially-awkward “Jimmy” Dosa teams up with an enigmatic recluse to save his city from the villainous Jericho and his gang.
Project Title: NRI
Format: Feature
Project Stage: Treatment
LOGLINE: Four heroes are tested and chosen from among the people to embark on a life-changing quest that’ll forever alter the destiny of an entire race.
Project Title: THEY CAME FROM THE VALLEY
Format: Feature
Project Stage: Script
LOGLINE: Fleeing from killer anti-robbery cops, four bandits must survive a valley haunted by the ghosts of a horrifying pre-colonial event.
Project Title: JUJU SOCCER
Format: Animated Series
Project Stage: In development
LOGLINE: A run-down street football club’s fortunes turn around for the better when a wandering apprentice Dibia (mystic) joins their team.
Project Title: Mortuary Man
Format: Feature
Project Stage: Script
LOGLINE: A mortician with the ability to speak with corpses, begins to find color in the world after he falls in love with a beautiful elementary school teacher.