Ayo Akingbade Movies

  • 2023
    Room 999

    Room 999

    Room 999

    62023HD

    In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...

    Room 999
  • 2024
    Keep Looking

    Keep Looking

    Keep Looking

    02024HD

    A young filmmaker named Domino travels from the UK to New York City to hunt down funding for her new film. Harkening back to classic counter-cultural...

    Keep Looking
  • 2019
    Dear Babylon

    Dear Babylon

    Dear Babylon

    62019HD

    The future of social housing is threatened by the AC30 Housing Bill. Set in London's East End, a trio of art students are eager to raise awareness...

    Dear Babylon
  • 2018
    Street 66

    Street 66

    Street 66

    62018HD

    Documentary about Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and the Angell Town community in Brixton, London fighting for better housing conditions....

    Street 66
  • 2020
    Akimbo Stylee

    Akimbo Stylee

    Akimbo Stylee

    02020HD

    Super 8mm and HD video, colour, sound

    Akimbo Stylee
  • 2022
    Jitterbug

    Jitterbug

    Jitterbug

    02022HD

    It's the summer and talented teenager Afeni Omolade is on the cusp of leaving home to take up an offer to study History of Art at Cambridge...

    Jitterbug
  • 2016
    Tower XYZ

    Tower XYZ

    Tower XYZ

    52016HD

    Accompanied by a lilting soundtrack, characters wander through London's concrete jungle as the narrator reflects on the current state of the city and...

    Tower XYZ
  • 2014
    In Ur Eye

    In Ur Eye

    In Ur Eye

    02014HD

    A short documentary on the gentrification of Hackney.

    In Ur Eye
  • 2022
    The Fist

    The Fist

    The Fist

    02022HD

    Shot on 35mm film, The Fist is an intimate portrait of a modernist style factory – the first Guinness brewery built outside of Ireland and the...

    The Fist
  • 2019
    Claudette's Star

    Claudette's Star

    Claudette's Star

    4.32019HD

    Acting as part ode and through a series of interpretations, Claudette’s Star depicts young artists considering with sheer wonder who is given a...

    Claudette's Star
  • 2022
    Faluyi

    Faluyi

    Faluyi

    02022HD

    Faluyi follows Ife as she embarks on a meditative journey tracing familial legacy and mysticism within ancestral land. Shot on 16mm film in the...

    Faluyi
  • 2021
    Fire in My Belly

    Fire in My Belly

    Fire in My Belly

    52021HD

    Echoing the precarious times we live in, a newly commissioned documentary Fire In My Belly (2021) offers a compelling take on questions of home,...

    Fire in My Belly
  • 2020
    Hella Trees

    Hella Trees

    Hella Trees

    42020HD

    "Okay, let’s talk about trees. Why are you so obsessed with them?" asks Akingbade, the filmmaker, of young artist Rafiki, whose artistic...

    Hella Trees
  • 2019
    So They Say

    So They Say

    So They Say

    62019HD

    Set in 1985 and the present day, the film explores and reflects on the often forgotten histories of black and brown community struggle in East...

    So They Say
  • 2021
    Red Soleil

    Red Soleil

    Red Soleil

    02021HD

    On a flat cobbled seashore, a young woman follows the sunset and moonlight.

    Red Soleil
  • 2020
    Deadphant

    Deadphant

    Deadphant

    02020HD

    A portrait of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in South London, a weekend before it permanently closed, after fifty-five years on September 24,...

    Deadphant
  • 2018
    A is For Artist

    A is For Artist

    A is For Artist

    02018HD

    Following a tragedy, a young woman assembles photos from her father’s archive to encourage the pursuit of being an artist.

    A is For Artist