Nigeria’s Dika Ofoma was the big winner at today’s (August 12) awards ceremony for the 23rd edition of Locarno’s talent development programme Open Doors for his debut feature Till The Morning Comes ( Kachifo ).

The production by Blessing Lizzi’s Lagos-based Bluhouse Studios received one of the Open Doors Grants sponsored by visions sud est and the City of Bellinzona to the value of CHF20,000 (€21,000) as well as picking up the €6,000 Prix Arte Kino International for development and the Sørfond Award which gives the project an opportunity to take part in the Norwegian pitching event this November.

Ofoma’s €1.3m romantic drama, which is set to begin shooting at locations in the Nigerian state of Enugu from October 2026, draws inspiration from the difficulties the director has experien

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