Virtual Program 2 – UK & Beyond

A.V. Van

Writer: Morayo Akandé
Directed by: Morayo Akandé
Producer: Helen Gladders, Moyo Akandé

Narrartive, 12:17 min.

Two film-fanatic sisters try to reconnect with their estranged deceased father by selling his vintage porn collection.

Daddy’s Girl

Writer: Jessica Magaye
Directed by: Jessica Magaye
Producer: Koby Adom, Dola Araoye, Domenique Fragale, Danielle Goff

Narrative, 12:55 min.

After facing eviction, Sade, a young desperate carer enters the Influencer Olympics – a game that allows players around the world a chance at a large cash prize and internet stardom. However, the game soon takes a dark and twisted turn.

Yellow Fever

Writer: Shan Gao
Directed by: Shan Gao
Producer: Shan Gao

Documentary, 18:32 min.

Yellow Fever is an investigative documentary that uses participants’ first-hand tales of emotional abuse and pain in their interactions with racial obsessions to show viewers how the phenomena of Yellow Fever/Asian Fetish occur in contemporary culture. The setting is real life.   This is the first investigative documentary that explores the specific forms of sexual and emotional abuse experienced by a large number of young Asian women and is worth the time and funding invested in its production.

Teju’s Tale

Writer: Teniola Zara King
Directed by: Teniola Zara King
Producer: Danielle Goff

Narrative, 14:49 min.

Set in the 1950s, Teju relocates to London from Lagos to study nursing but faces challenges when her colleagues demand to see her tail.

Impurrfection

Writer: Yen-Chiao Huang, Chiang Yao
Directed by: Chiang Yao
Producer: Yiju Chiang

Animation, 13:10 min.

Mr. Cat has aquaphobia, and he was too terrified to swim in the zodiac race to fulfill his dream of becoming the Guardian God of the Year. He has since lived regretfully by the sea, overlooking the race’s destination every day for countless years, until an accident brings him closer and closer to the water…