WOW FILM FESTIVAL
FILMS
MAMI WATA
Director: C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi
Starring: Evelyne Ily Juhen, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Emeka Amakeze, Rita Edochie
Nigeria, 2023, 107’, West African Pidgin English with English subtitles
Discontent brews as a village, shunning modernity, embraces a faith healer embodying the water spirit Mami Wata. Rejecting modern norms, the village grapples with spiritual conflict, where traditions clash with the allure of the water deity. Nigeria's black-and-white Oscar entry for 2024 spins a captivating fable, intertwining bewitching imagery with haunting narrative threads. A complex dance between spirituality and dissent that leaves audiences around the world entranced.
"The script seamlessly mixes the mundane with the mythological and presents characters which are at once ordinary, flawed humans and representatives of greater concepts."- Far Out Magazine
World Cinema Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at Sundance Film Festival 2023
Aberystwyth Arts Centre: Fri 22/03, 7.45pm
Mwldan: Sun 24/03 6.45pm
Taliesin Arts Centre: Mon 19/03, 7.30pm
Pontio: Tue 12/03, 8.15pm
