What's in a Name
What's in a Name combines hand-painted animation, thousands of frames, and archival footage to explore identity, memory, erasure, and the lasting effects of colonization on the Igbo people of Nigeria.
Made as my MA thesis film at Central Saint Martins.
AWARDS
Best Short Animation, Decolonizing Frames Festival 2026
Best Student Documentary, Women's Voices Now Film Festival 2026
Ficus Natal Award, BLAC Film Festival 2026
SCREENINGS
- Decolonizing Frames Festival, Turin, Italy, winner, Best Short Animation 2026
- Black Harvest Film Festival, Chicago, IL, official selection 2026
- KAF x Animator, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, Poland, curated screening 2026
- Women's Voices Now Film Festival, winner, Best Student Documentary 2026
- BLAC Film Festival, Chattanooga, TN, winner, Ficus Natal Award 2026
- Frame by Frame Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, official selection 2025
- Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, official selection 2025
- Chicago Film Symposium, Chicago, IL, official selection 2025
PRESS
Vogue Adria, "10 films about women that might just change how you see the world"
