Candice Onyeama

  • Candice Onyeama
Film director
(Female)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
United Kingdom

Candice is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in London. Her shorts have screened on television and international festivals around the world. Her award winning debut short film HUSH featured in Afro Punk and was broadcast on the television network London Live. It was acquired for distribution by Little Dot Studio's online channel Tall Tales. Her follow up short Once An old Lady Sat On My Chest was acquired for distribution by HerFlix. Her most recent BFI Network supported short film Born Again, is on the festival circuit. Candice has been commissioned to write and make diverse work for organisations including Orchid Cancer Charity, Into Film. Her latest lockdown script Hello Daddy was one of BBC writer's room 50 longlisted scripts from a record submission of nearly 7000. She is a member of Director's UK and a BAFTA Crew 2019 participant.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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