HELLO, RAIN (2018)
A Scientist-Witch through an alchemical combination of juju and technology creates wigs which grants she and her friends supernatural powers. But when their powers grow uncontrollable, she must stop them by any means.
Director/Writer: CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Producer: Oge Obasi
Starring: Keira, Tunde Aladese, Ogee Nelson, Nnedimma Gemma Ofili-Egungwu
Music: Wache Pollen
Cinematography: Kagho Idhebor
FESTIVALS AND PRIZES
Fantasia International Film Festival 2018
• Winner — Special Mention, International Short Film Competition
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2018
• Nominee — Grand Prize, International Competition
BFI London Film Festival 2018
• Nominee — Short Film Award
African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2019
• Nominee — Best Short Film
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2023
• Official Selection
WHERE TO WATCH
PRESS & REVIEWS
C.J. Obasi’s “Hello, Rain” combines weird wig witchcraft and technology to form a wonderfully strange and unsettling tale (by Sheree Renée Thomas)
How Hello, Rain Builds on the Magic of Nnedi Okorafor’s “Hello, Moto” (by Stubby the Rocket)
Africa Utopia Festival screens Hello’ Rain -Director CJ Obasi Talks Film (by Alt A Review)
C.J. Obasi on adapting Nnedi Okorafor’s Afrofuturistic ‘Hello, Moto’ & telling alternative African stories (by Tambay Obenson)