Film-maker Akinola Davies Jnr
Highlights from interviews with Guillermo Del Torro, Werner Herzog and Paul Fieg and Akinola Davies Jnr tells Nikki about the making of his film, My Father’s Shadow.
Nikki Bedi is joined by film-maker Akinola Davies Jnr and film critic Larushka Ivan Zadeh to discuss cultural highlights of the week:
Oscar winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro on the influence of a religious upbringing on his films
American singer and actor Andra Day on her role in the movie Is This Thing On....and the day Stevie Wonder telephoned her
German film-maker Werner Herzog on his survival films
US director Paul Feig talks about adapting the bestselling book The Housemaid for the big screen
British Nigerian writer director Akinola Davies Jnr tells Nikki about the making of his debut feature film, My Father’s Shadow, set on the day of the 1993 Nigerian elections
And British actor Claire Foy discusses training with birds of prey for her role in H is for Hawk.
(Photo: Godwin Egbo, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, and Sope Dirisu in My Father's Shadow (2025). Credit: MUBI)
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