Texted
A couple's love is tested when one of them is kidnapped days before the wedding.
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Edward OgumDirector
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Nicholas MogollonWriter
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Omatta UdalorProducerSounds of our Time
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Omatta UdalorKey Cast"Chaz"The Lost Cafe, Hell on Wheels, Wynona Earp, The Shocking Truth, Reigning Champski, Till You're 16, Private Dicks, Valerie. Global Meltdown
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Rohini SinghKey Cast"Lily"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:10 minutes 47 seconds
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Completion Date:October 31, 2017
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Production Budget:1,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Nigeria
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Inshort Film Festival 2018Lagos
Nigeria
December 27, 2018
Official Selection -
Canada Shorts 2018Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada
December 15, 2018
Atlantic Region Premier
Award of Commendation -
Motion Pictures Film Festival 2018Lagos
Nigeria
August 18, 2018
Official Selection -
Rebel Minded Festival 2019Brooklyn, New York
United States
June 9, 2019
North American Premier
Semi Finalist
Edward is a Nigerian-Canadian director and actor based in Alberta, Canada. Past directing credits include, Proof by David Auburn, Norm Foster's The Melville Boys, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Wole Soyinka's The Swamp Dwellers, Lamb of Kafu (creator & director), Cowboys Mouth (Sam Shepard & Patti Smith), The Real McCoy by Andy Moody, Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God by Djenet Sears and a few others. Edward has an MFA in Directing from the UofC and is also a trained actor.
Texted is a look at the distractions of the web and just how much we ignore real life and the things that really matter, searching for the unreal while the unreal when found is never what we expect