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WE ARE PARABLE - MEDIA COVERAGE
Word of Mouth: We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews on his love of French New Wave and reality TV | Features | Screen
Word of Mouth: We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews on his love of French New Wave and reality TV | Features | Screen
The co-founder of UK exhibition and distribution specialist We Are Parable turns to BFI Player and The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi for viewing tips.
DREAMERS - OUT NOW
DREAMERS - Find a showing - Out Now
DREAMERS - Find a showing - Out Now
DREAMERS | Official Trailer UK & Ireland | In Cinemas 5 December
DREAMERS | Official Trailer UK & Ireland | In Cinemas 5 December
In a UK asylum removal centre, Nigerian migrant Isio finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her the strength to fight a broken system.DIRECTOR: Joy Ghar...
DREAMERS - MEDIA COVERAGE
The most striking British film debut of 2025 is a queer immigrant love story | The Independent
The most striking British film debut of 2025 is a queer immigrant love story | The Independent
‘I have been through the system,’ says filmmaker Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, ‘and my goal here was to tell a story of asylum seeking from the point of view of an asylum seeker’
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor on love and freedom in Dreamers – GirlsOnTops
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor on love and freedom in Dreamers – GirlsOnTops
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, the producer who founded Joi Productions (Blue Story, Boxing Day) steps behind the camera for the first time with a film rooted in her own experience. Set in a UK immigration removal centre, Dreamers follows the story of Nigerian migrant Isio who finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her th
Podcast/ Review | Fade To Black | Hanna Ines Flint
Podcast/ Review | Fade To Black | Hanna Ines Flint
Fade To Black is a weekly film culture podcast co-hosted by film critics Hanna Flint (@hannaflint), Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) and Amon Warmann (@amonwarmann). It takes a deep dive into the latest movie news, hot cinema takes and reviews the best new releases all in one place.
The Observer | Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Eternity, Prime Minister, Cover-Up and more
The Observer | Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Eternity, Prime Minister, Cover-Up and more
Radio Times | Dreamers director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor: "In cinema, after you come out, it's like you stop existing"
Radio Times | Dreamers director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor: "In cinema, after you come out, it's like you stop existing"
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor chats to Pass the Mic about her feature directorial debut Dreamers, the conversations the film prompts about immigration, and the state of Black queer cinema in the UK.
New Film Release: DREAMERS – Finding Love & Humanity inside the UK – Refugee Week
New Film Release: DREAMERS – Finding Love & Humanity inside the UK – Refugee Week
Guest blog by We Are Parable Every year, thousands of people pass through the UK’s immigration removal centres. Behind every statistic is a person with dreams, fears, and the fundamental need for human connection. DREAMERS, released in UK and Ireland cinemas on 5 December, brings one of those
Finding Love and Humanity in the Unlikeliest Places: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Dreamers Brings Asylum Stories to Life - Queerly
Finding Love and Humanity in the Unlikeliest Places: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Dreamers Brings Asylum Stories to Life - Queerly
I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Ann Akinjirin, and Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ to talk about Dreamers, a film that deeply
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Ann Akinjirin & Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ on Love, Resilience, and Dreamers - Queerly's Stage and Screen Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
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Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Ann Akinjirin & Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ on Love, Resilience, and Dreamers - Queerly's Stage and Screen Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
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Attitude | 'Queer immigrants are like: I feel seen'
Attitude | 'Queer immigrants are like: I feel seen'
"It's a version of me in an alternate reality," says filmmaker Joy, who here answers questions from cast members Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Ann Akinjirin, Diana Yekinni and Aiysha Hart for Attitude
Any Good Films? │ "Dreamers is a love story" Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor Video Interview
Any Good Films? │ "Dreamers is a love story" Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor Video Interview
#dreamers #JoyGharoro-Akpojotor #immigration Director oyGharoro-Akpojotor tells us about her new film, 'Dreamers''Dreamers' - As her freedom is threatened, I...
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor interview | The Guardian
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor interview | The Guardian
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DREAMERS - REVIEWS
Dreamers: the most striking British film debut of 2025 is a queer immigrant love story | The Independent
Dreamers: the most striking British film debut of 2025 is a queer immigrant love story | The Independent
‘I have been through the system,’ says filmmaker Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, ‘and my goal here was to tell a story of asylum seeking from the point of view of an asylum seeker’
⭐⭐⭐⭐ │ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ │ The Guardian
A traumatised Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Britain meets a kindred spirit in Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s evocative tale
⭐⭐⭐│ Dreamers review: A vital, timely drama about the migrant experience
⭐⭐⭐│ Dreamers review: A vital, timely drama about the migrant experience
A Nigerian migrant is found working illegally and sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre.
⭐⭐⭐⭐│ Morning Star
⭐⭐⭐⭐│ Morning Star
Dreamers (15)Directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor★★★★
⭐⭐⭐ | Little White Lies
⭐⭐⭐ | Little White Lies
This highly personal debut feature by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor captures the inhumanity of an asylum process that’s cut through with small glimmers of hope.
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