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ONAIWU

A young maiden blessed in all ramifications by the gods comes to face with the truth that humans are only pawns in the hands of the gods when she is given in marriage to the chief in the community as payment for a debt owed by her parents decades ago...

she tries to change her destiny which is to die if she refuses the oath made by her mother to give her in marriage to the chief when she comes of age. on her journey to defy this oath she finds love in a young priest who has just come to serve in her village.

As her love Story with the priest blooms, sooner or later she will come to find out the oath was a tale and indeed she can follow her path but will the chief let this go? Or will he fight until his debt is paid in full...

  • Oluwagbemiga Idahosa
    Writer
  • Joseph Nosa Okhomina
    Writer
    Omoatama
  • Joseph Okhomina
    Director
    Omoatama, Exuberance, for better or worse, cycle
  • Joseph Nosa Okhomina d.g.n
    Producer
  • Moses Ino Jonah a.m.p
    Producer
  • Nosa Rex Okunzuwa
    Key Cast
    "Brother Paul "
  • Jennifer Osawe
    Key Cast
    "Omozee "
  • Cliff Igbinovia
    Key Cast
    "Pa Imudia "
  • Benjamin Olaye
    Key Cast
    "Osazee"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 29 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 18, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    4,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Nigeria
  • Country of Filming:
    Nigeria
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic cinema camera
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Joseph Okhomina

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Joseph Okhomina - biography
Joseph Nosa Okhomina is a Nigerian actor, director, and a professional screenwriter. born on 11 Febuary 1989 in Lagos. He is graduate of English and Literature from the University of Benin. He pursued his film career at the Benin Film Academy in Benin City Edo State (2019) his earliest movies date since the period of his film studies. Before then he was a theater actor and director.
He has directed three feature films, and several short films, a magazine program BFA Half Hour, on Independent Television Benin City, Edo State.
He has won best short film at the Lekki International Film Festival 2019, DEPRESSION. Best south south director at the Edisa awards 2020.
that same year 2020 he won PITCH WIN AND SHOOT. A competition organised by Edo state government (Edojobs) and UK aid. it was this competition that gave birth to his first feature movie, ONAIWU. his latest movies are EXUBERANCE 2021, CYCLE 2021 and a tv series HOUSE ROFO ROFO. 2022

Education:
University of Benin
Bachelor of Arts, 2014.

Npower screen written course, 2019.

Community Theater with EU and IOM, 2019.

Benin Film Academy
Directing, 2020.

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Director Statement

This film ONAIWU will always be special to me because it’s my first feature film as a film student who is just graduating. We had some difficulty creating this film, right from the screenplay, we did three drafts of the screenplay, only to get to set and still could not achieve the entire scenes because of some financial and technical issues. The film turned out to be a little different from the script.

The film is an Edo State and UKaid grant sponsored film, with a matching grant from us. Working with the cast and crew was fun, and hectic at the same time, but the experience will help me with future projects.

The film is about a young girl that must marry an old against her wish, her marriage to the old is the payment for the debt her parents incurred.

I was inspired by the stories of how in those days a child can be married off to some one he/she does not even know nor seen before, majority of our grandparents are victims of such. And it has led to a lot of drama and heartbreaks. So i put this together using debt as a the main cause for betrothal.