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Candice Onyeama

Candice Onyeama

Vertreten durch:
Marinus Viktor

Kontakt:
+49 (0) 160 5955 631

marinus.viktor@
papercuts-agency.com

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.

Screenwriter

Candice Onyeama

Vertreten durch: Marinus Viktor

Kontakt: +49 (0) 160 5955 631

marinus.viktor@papercuts-agency.com

In Development (Selection)

RABELADES

Format: Feature
Genre: German set immersive documentary
Director: Candice Onyeama
Production: Genesis Child

ANOTHER I

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