

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: New African Film Festival Opening Night: MY FATHER'S SHADOW
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 08:45 pm
- **Event Description**: New African Film Festival Opening Night: MY FATHER'S SHADOW

2026 Oscar® Selection, UK

Limited tickets remain - advance tickets recommended

History, memory and nostalgia blend into a vividly realized work of autofiction in Nigeria’s first-ever Cannes selection and winner of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention. It is June 12, 1993 — the first election of the country since a military coup a decade ago. Far away in the outskirts of Lagos, unaware and carefree, young brothers Akin and Remi (played by real-life brothers Godwin Egbo and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo) escape the sweltering summer heat in the shade, bickering over toys. They find their absent father, Folarin (Sope Dirisu), has suddenly returned home, and he allows the boys to tag along on his hasty trip back to the old capital. Over the course of this transformative day teeming with a nation’s uncertainty, captured in hazy, intimate closeups, Akin and Remi’s initial cautious regard soon blossoms into an achingly honest traverse of tenderness and austerity between a mythical father and curious sons. Director Akinola Davies Jr. and his co-writer and brother Wale Davies invoke the memories of their own youth in this delicate, lyrically crafted ode to fatherhood and brotherhood. (Note courtesy of AFI FEST.) 

In English, Naijá and Yoruba with English subtitles. NOT RATED

For the full New African Film Festival lineup visit:  https://tinyurl.com/NAFF26Sched
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/silver-spring/new-african-film-festival-opening-night-my-fathers-shadow/200029793332744
- **Event Categories**: Festivals, Entertainment, Workshops, Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005468/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=silver+spring-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Silver Spring
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- **lat**: 38.99646858229
- **long**: -77.0273440269
- **full address**: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3916, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (https://allevents.in/org/afi-silver-theatre-and-cultural-center/1196686)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3916, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Festivals, Entertainment, Workshops, Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about New African Film Festival Opening Night: MY FATHER'S SHADOW ?
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