Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor On Making Her Directorial Debut With Berlinale Asylum Drama ‘Dreamers’ — First Look Clip

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EXCLUSIVE: There’s been a lot of buzz in the UK surrounding rising producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor. With intriguing credits like Blue Story and Boxing Day, Gharoro-Akpojotor has demonstrated a unique ability to get projects that are subversive in both content and creation — everything she’s produced so far has boasted a majority non-white cast — over the line and onto our screens at a time when commissioners are more risk-averse, and budgets are much tighter.

The Nigerian-raised Londoner is at the Berlinale this year with a new project, her directorial debut. Titled Dreamers, Gharoro-Akpojotor directed the film from a screenplay she wrote.

The film follows Nigerian-born Isio, who, after living undocumented in the UK for two years, is caught and sent to the Hatchworth Removal Centre.

She hopes for a fair asylum hearing and is convinced that, as long as she strictly follows the rules, she will be released – even if her charismatic new roommate, Farah, tells her this is a naive mistake.