Asurf Oluseyi
Directing
Biography
Oluseyi Asurf Amuwa is self taught award-winning filmmaker from Lagos, Nigeria. Featured on Google African Connected Campaign across Africa as an inspiration to young Africans taking advantage of internet in learning their skills and building careers for themselves. He has trained many individuals on the "Art of Filmaking and Editing" and has successfully build one of the biggest independent production company in Nigeria, "Asurf Films". He has produced and directed hundreds of video contents both in UK, USA and Nigeria, with credits for contents on local and cable TV channels with Awards to his work. His short films Hell or High Water (Won Best Short Film at IFAB, International Film Awards, Berlin 2016 and got 7 International Selections) and A Day with Death, which got 10 International Selections, and Won Best Short Film at AMVCA 2016. He was also a nominee at the 2016 The Future Awards Africa for Best Screen Producer His first solo feature film "HAKKUNDE" has won several awards from TAFA in USA, IndieFEST, European Cinematography Awards, 5 Continents Intl. Film Festival, AMAA, AFRIFF, and screened across over 20 film festivals worldwide and was in competition at FESPACO 2019.
Known For
Esosa, Fatouma, and Giselle, three women trafficked as teenagers who reunite seventeen years later to dismantle the powerful men behind their pain. From the streets of Lagos to the shadows of Abidjan and Cotonou, they execute a cold, calculated mission, each move sharpened by trauma, sisterhood, and strategy.
3 Cold Dishes
Femi is a widower with a son (Jason). He finds it difficult to get over his late wife and so in a bid to move on, he indulges in several uncommitted relationships.
Kasanova
A long-time unemployed graduate, faced with life's pressures decides to relocate to Kaduna from Lagos when an opportunity presents itself against his sister's wishes. His expectations is however cut short and Akande must make a decision to either learn to survive or return back to failure.
Hakkunde
Ìfé and Adaora fall in love over a 3-day date, but will their love withstand the realities of being lesbian in Nigeria?
Ìfé
In Lagos, Nigeria, Ebele Njoko has been running all his life. A search for acceptance and love from his family, has led him to recreate himself as Adrian Njoko, respected father, husband, and brother. Suddenly, Adrian’s past and secrets have caught up with him and his world soon begins to crumble as he frantically tries to control the growing ripple effect of a revelation. In coming to terms with his sexuality, Adrian is forced to choose between a compromised existence and the life that he would like to lead.
Walking with Shadows
A film about a young pastor loved and adored by the people around him. Things change for him when he has to confront a hidden truth about himself, a truth that could make or break him psychologically. Whatever decision he makes, he is still going to crash and burn, for life as he once knew it will never be the same again.