Akinola Davies Jr. Calls Salvador a ‘Fever Dream’ Ahead of Special Screening as Brazilian Filmmakers Work on Doc About His Time in the Country (EXCLUSIVE)

Apr 20, 2026 11:21am PT Akinola Davies Jr. Calls Salvador a ‘Fever Dream’ Ahead of Special Screening as Brazilian Filmmakers Work on Doc About His Time in the Country (EXCLUSIVE)

The British-Nigerian filmmaker presented the BAFTA-winning 'My Father's Shadow' in Recife courtesy of Projeto Paradiso and will host special screenings in Salvador and São Paulo ahead of the film opening in Brazil

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Akinola Davies Jr. Courtesy of BAFTA/Zainab Albeque

When explaining why they chose British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. as the international guest of honor at this year’s Projeto Paradiso National Talent Network gathering in Recife, the initiative’s executive director Josephine Bourgois said it was because Davies Jr’s “My Father’s Shadows” is a film that “could have been made by a Brazilian filmmaker.” This feeling was confirmed over the director’s visit to the Northeastern capital, where he showed his BAFTA-winning film at the imposing Cinema São Luiz. 

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