While Arie studied Screenwriting and Directing at the Columbia University School of the Arts, Chuko holds an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program. In this interview with CHUKS NWANNE, the brothers, who co-directed Eyimofe, spoke on their journey to filmmaking, their influences and the latest film project, Eyimofe, which will premiere on Monday at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
I mean, we had friends come to Lagos after seeing the film; they were attracted to this city. It’s a very alluring place; the city is very much a third character in the film.: I think it was very much a surprise when friends wanted to visit after seeing the film. The great power of cinema is that it has the ability to take you somewhere that you’ve never been and anytime you’re able to achieve that with a film, then it’s a success.
In separating the chapters and having representation from each gender, do you feel that one gender faces more hardship than the other?They’re different, but it’s certainly women. Purely because it’s patriarchy and the options that a woman has to escape, figuratively and literally, are very different. There are more expectations of what a woman should and should not be doing or what she should or should not be grateful for. These rules don’t apply to men.
It was always a question of honing their abilities as performers and their understanding and recontextualising these for the world we were trying to build. I think also from a story standpoint, we wanted to work with people that were here and living this reality, collaborating with them in building the story and understanding of the characters, and hearing stories from their own personal lives and the lives of their families and friends.
: Lagos becoming the third character in the film happened organically; you only have a certain amount of space on the screen. Part of our goal was to create the sense of a larger space existing beyond where the characters are inhabiting in how we framed scenes, in sound design as well – Lagos is a very loud place and a very full place. We filmed in an objective manner so that you’re further away, and when you’re further away you get to see more.
Working so closely as brothers on your first feature together, were there times when your emotions got the better of you? And if so, how did that feed into making the best movie you could?
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