Dreamers – Preview + Q&A 15

Join us from 6.30pm in the Café Bar where DJ Mayowa will be setting the vibes pre-screening with a mix of Afroswing, Alté, and Afrobeats.

After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio (Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́) is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a fair hearing. Isio believes the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic new roommate, Farah (Ann Akinjirin), warns her otherwise. In the confines of detention, Farah’s friendship brings colour to Isio’s world. As their unexpected bond blossoms into romance, Isio must decide whether to continue trusting in a broken system that threatens to tear them apart or dare to follow Farah into a risky plan that could cost them everything.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor. The acclaimed producer of Blue Story and Boxing Day, Joy's visually bold and deeply moving directorial debut is a tender story of defiance, which insists that love can endure even in the most hostile places.