CREATIVE GRANT RECIPIENT #025: TOMISIN ADEPEJU ->
The 25th recipient of The Working Class Creatives Grant is Tomisin Adepeju, a Nigerian-British filmmaker based in London. We really enjoyed the work that Adepeju sent in. He presents stories in film with this careful, measured handling that almost makes them feel real – and not in the sense that they become documentary, but more like we are eavesdropping as the audience; like the filmmaker is taking us gently by the hand and bringing us in close to listen. Tomisin is currently looking to transition from short films to features, and we wanted to grant him now to support him in that moment.
You can find Tomisin on Instagram & Twitter, and you can find out more about this film below.
This grant used to be exclusively for writers but we recently opened it up to all working class creatives based in the UK. Please apply! + stay up to date here
~~~ABOUT: MARIANNE ~~~
Synopsis: A young Nigerian man travels to a remote, African Pentecostal church with his ailing wife.
Director’s Statement: I was born and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, the birthplace of faith healing and African Pentecostalism. As a result, spirituality has always been a very important and consistent part of my life. It is a subject I am personally drawn to because I have experienced. In my early teens, I visited a church in the mountains with my parents. The transformative events of that fateful day and my desire to tell a quiet, multi-layered love story formed the central themes of MARIANNE.
UK/ Drama / English & Yoruba with English subtitles / Super 16mm / 17minutes 32seconds
Starring: Tobi Bakare Vivienne Bell Femi Ogunjobi
Written & Directed by Tomisin Adepeju
Director of Photography - Mark Hamilton
Edited by Mitch Kalisa
Colourist & Assistant Editor - Colin John Hughes
Original Score by Jongnic Bontemps
Sound Design & Mix by Louis Lincoln-Bottcher & Milan Adamik (Masterworks Post)
You can find more of Tomisin’s films here:
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The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one-off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative practitioner based in the UK once every month. This grant has been set up to support creatives of all ages who are early in their careers and would benefit from this no-strings attached financial support to help them in whatever they like. For more information, please see to the Grants page where you’ll find the submission details, full FAQs and all the previous recipients.
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