Da Yie (2019)
★½ — Da Yie (2019)
Da Yie (meaning "Good Night" in Twi) is a short film from Belgian-Ghanaian director Anthony Nti, produced through the Brussels-based company Caviar, which has backed a number of European short and commercial productions. Running at just 21 minutes, it was shot on location along Ghana's Atlantic coast, with Nti drawing on his Ghanaian heritage to ground the film in a specific coastal atmosphere that distinguishes it from more studio-bound short fiction. The film earned considerable festival attention on the circuit, picking up awards at several short film competitions and reaching the BAFTA shortlist, a notable achievement for a debut fiction piece. Nti has since continued working in short-form and commercial work out of Europe.
A-Z World Movie Tour Ghana Apparently this won a bunch of short film awards and was even a BAFTA finalist. Honestly I didn't think it was all that good. It was clearly heavily inspired by City of God and I'm kinda happy they didn't explain why the character of Bogah was recruiting kids for an unspecified job, but also owned a video camera. This movie serves as a kind of "stranger danger" awareness piece more than anything. Cinematography was nice. Good use of colours. Other than that... the tagline suggests they'll never be the same again but nothing of note REALLY happened
Rating: ★½ | Year: 2019 | Watched: 2025-06-21
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