Afùwàpẹ́
short film experiment
11′, digital, 2023
on demand
teaser and prologue
part of the Binary Tales project
studio thnkthnk x NL Film Fund
“Afùwàpẹ́, who are you?” Sophie Olúwọlé asks.
Afùwàpẹ́ is confused. After listening to philosopher Sophie Olúwọlé’s discovery, he feels estranged from all he thinks he knows. Dropped into a space out of context, he needs to find his way again. But not before connecting with his inner head…
This is a cinematographic experimental teaser developed in the context of the Binary Tales project.
CAST
Sophie Bọ́sẹ̀dé Olúwọlé as herself
Juersson Hermanus as Afùwàpẹ́
Sayọ Cadmus as Orí
David Janse as Orílèémèrè + Fish
Aron Droop as Orísẹ̀ẹ́kú + Hook
Babaode E. Adebisi as Merchant + himself
Filmed on location in Rotterdam, 2019 (NL)
CREW
directed, written & edited by Juul van der Laan
adaptation from Ogbègúndá, Ifá system as translated by Wándé Abímbọ́lá
cinematography by Joris Bulstra
composed by Kit Wilmans Fegradoe
production coordinator Yentl Vlachos
runner Boyd Waegemans
sound recording by Willem Sluyterman van Loo en Boyd Nijsten
make up & wardrobe Ankie Groot
masks by Anouk van der Laan
colour correction by Post West