Candice Onyeama
Candice Onyeama is a Nigerian-British screenwriter, filmmaker and storyteller based between Berlin and London.
Her shorts have screened and won awards at international festivals around the world including the BFI London Film Festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival and AFRIFF.
Her work has also been distributed on a range of platforms including the BFI player and Blavity TV across Apple and Roku.
She directed 2nd unit on 6 episodes of the Steve Knight penned, BBC series SAS: ROGUE HEROES and is currently in development on a slate of feature-length projects, including a German-set documentary entitled Black ‘B’earthing.
Candice is the founder of Genesis Child Productions, a film company with a focus on personal stories and auteur-driven narratives by women of African descent and the diaspora.
Find out more about Candice and her upcoming projects here:
https://linktr.ee/candice_onyeama
Candice Onyeama: Screenwriter & Director
Agent: Marinus Viktor
Contact: +49 (0) 160 5955 631
marinus.viktor@papercuts-agency.com
Candice Onyeama: Screenwriter & Director
Agent: Marinus Viktor
Contact: +49 (0) 160 5955 631
marinus.viktor@papercuts-agency.com
In Development (Selection)
BLACK ‘B’EARTHING
Format: Feature
Genre: German set immersive documentary
Director: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child
Format: Feature
Genre: Psychological Horror
Director: Candice Onyeama
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production: TBA
Festivals and Awards:
– Ranked top 15% of 6000 submissions to the Nicholls Academy screenwriting Fellowship 2022
VAMPIRES
Format: Feature
Genre: Horror
Director: Candice Onyeama
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production : Erebus Pictures
I AM MESSIAH
Format: Feature
Genre: Fantasy drama
Director: Candice Onyeama
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production: TBA
RIDERS
Format: TV
Genre: Action Drama
Director: Candice Onyeama
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Filmography (Selection)
2023 – HERZKINO SMART REIHE
Format: TV movie
Genre: RomCom
Writer´s Room: Candice Onyeama
Production: ZDF
2022 – I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE
Format: Feature
Treatment Writer: Candice Onyeama
Novel: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Production: T.E.N. Limited
2021 – SAS ROGUE HEROES – SERIES 1
Format: TV series
Director: Tom Shankland
2nd Unit Director for 6 episodes: Candice Onyeama
Screenplay: Steven Knight
Production: BBC/Kudos
Producer: Stephen Smallwood
2020 – DEADLY DISASTERS
Format: Factual TV series
Screenplay: Candice Onyeama
Production: CIC Media, BBC Earth
2020 – BORN AGAIN
Format: Short Film
Director: Candice Onyeama
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child, BFI Network
Producer: Nicola Gregory
Festivals & Awards:
– Winner: Shooting People’s New Shoots Award, 2020
– Honourable Mention: Best Narrative Short, Atlanta Film Festival 2020
– Official Selection: Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival,2020
– Official Selection: Aesthetica 2020
– Official Selection Norwich Film Festival, 2020
– Official Selection Bolton Film Festival, 2020
– BFI London Film festival, 2020
2020 – UNCLE MIKE
Format: Short Film
Director: Neil Anwhan
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production: Orchard Cancer Charity (commissioned by OCC)
Producer: Ali Orhan
Festivals & Awards:
– Winner: Best Story Award, Thundr Short Film Showcase, 2020
– Finalist: Awareness Festival, 2020 Official Selection: Baltimore
– International Black Film Festival, 2020
– Official Selection: UK Monthly Film Festival, 2021
– Honours List: Women X Festival, 2020
2019 – MY VOICE
Format: Short film
Genre: Educational short film
Writer, Director & Producer: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child (commissioned by Into Films)
2017 – ONCE AN OLD LADY SAT ON MY CHEST
Format: Short Film
Director: Candice Onyeama
Screenplay: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child Productions and P for Production
Producer: Candice Onyeama and Nicola Gregory
Festivals & Awards:
– Baobab nominee at Film Africa 2018
– Best screenplay nominee at Underwire Film Festival
– Audience award winner at Black Culture Film Festival
– Official festival selection: Women of the lens, SOUL, Film Africa, East End film festival, Afrykamera, WADFF
– Distributed on BFI Player
– Part of TAPE collective’s ‘BUT WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM’ UK film series tour
2016 – HUSH
Format: Short Film
Director: Alex j Campbell
Writer: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child
Producer: Candice Onyeama
Festivals & Awards:
– Winner: Best Screenplay, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora, 2016
– Winner: Best Short Film, British Urban Film Festival 2016