Nollywood film, To Love and Protect, has been officially selected to screen at the London International Pan African Film Festival on October 23, 2024.
The London International Pan-African Film Festival (London PAFF) is an annual event celebrating Pan-African cinema, showcasing films produced in Africa and its diaspora from all over the world. Founded by Ne Kunda Nlaba, a film producer, director, screenwriter, political scientist, and film professor at Kongo Bizizi Academy, the Pan African Film Institute, the festival highlights the richness of African storytelling.
Lead characters, Ibrahim Suleiman and Linda Ejiofor, announced the film’s selection on Instagram in a collaborative post. They expressed their excitement, stating, “YOOOOOO!!! Our movie got selected for the London International Pan African Film Festival. Excited about this, congratulations to all cast and crew members @roknigeria! ‘TO LOVE AND PROTECT’ got an official selection for London International Pan African Film Festival (London PAFF 2024). Screening Date: 23rd October, 2024. Venue: West Norwood Picturehouse, London.”
To Love and Protect is screening under the Fiction Feature Film Category. The film follows a pregnant woman who battles the aftermath of previous pregnancy loss. When she unexpectedly goes into labor and is forced to give birth at a random hospital, chaos ensues when she is told her baby died shortly after birth. Convinced that the dead baby isn’t hers, she holds the hospital hostage, demanding that the staff return her real baby. Among the hostages is a diabetic undercover detective with evidence that could send a gang boss to prison, prompting the gang lord to send hitmen to the hospital to retrieve this critical evidence.
The film is produced by Mary Remmy Njoku of ROK Studios and directed by Olumuyiwa Aluko.