Tomisin Adepeju picked up an award for his short film titled ‘Appreciation’ as the Best Film at the debut edition of the Surreal16 film festival.
The winning short film as voted at the festival’s closing ceremony follows the story of an African Pentecostal pastor who questions life after a life-changing event.
The short film, which was released in 2018, has had a successful festival run, with appearances at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, Little Wings Film Festival in 2020, and others. It was also nominated for British/Irish Short Film of the Year by the London Critics Circle.
‘Appreciation’ was screened alongside 11 other short and feature films at the recently concluded Surreal16 film festival, including the acclaimed ‘Juju Stories’ directed by the festival organizers and Sudanese Oscar 2020 contender ‘You Will Die at 20.’
Tunde Bella, Kemi Lofinmakin, Femi Ogunjobi, and Tomi Ogunjobi starred in the short film directed by Tomisin Adepeju who also doubled as the film’s writer.
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What this means for Tomisin Adepeju
There is no greater joy for a creator than getting the deserved recognition for the work done. The award can give Tomisin Adepeju that feeling, inspiring the need to be better and work on more projects that will shoot him higher than he already is.
Winning among eleven other great projects means a lot, and this shows that there is a reward for work done.
With young people getting recognition for the work they do, Nollywood is definitely going to experience a crop of talented creatives, with the best stories we can think of coming to our screens.
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