Sylvia (2018 film)

Sylvia
Directed byDaniel Oriahi
Written byVanessa Kanu
Produced byEkene Som Mekwunye
StarringChris Attoh
Zainab Balogun
Ini Dima-Okojie
Udoka Oyeka
Ijeoma Grace Agu
Bolaji Ogunmola
Lord Frank
CinematographyKaghor Crowther Idhebor
Edited byJude Chidebe
Music byMichael ‘Truth” Ogunlade
Production
company
Trino Motion Pictures
Distributed byTrino Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 21 September 2018 (2018-September-21)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
Box office₦6,364,366[1]

Sylvia is a 2018 Nigerian supernatural thriller film directed by Daniel Oriahi, written by Vanessa Kanu,[2][3] and produced by Ekene Som Mekwunye for Trino Motion Pictures. The movie was screened at the Nollywood Week in Paris on May 5, 2018 and was released across cinemas on September 21.[4]

Plot

Richard Okezie decides to leave Sylvia, his lifelong imaginary friend and lover for Gbemi a flesh-and-blood real woman, but complications arise when Sylvia decides to destroy Richard's peaceful life.[5]

Cast

Release

The movie was first screened in May 2018 at the Nollywood Week Paris.[12][13] The official Trailer was released August 6, 2018.[14] After a premiere at Terra Kulture on the 16th of September, the movie was made available in all cinemas on September 21, 2018[15]

Critical reception

Sylvia received reviews from critics.
Franklin Ugobude of PulseNG said, “There's a lot to like about Sylvia really: for one, there's this fresh feel to an existing story on spirituality, something that is pretty common in our world today”.[16]

Precious Nwogwu of MamaZeus described the movie as “Spellbinding: The best Nollywood thriller in recent times”.[17]

The Maveriq of Tha Revue’s take was “Sylvia is one of the darkest thrillers that has ever come out of Nollywood and I must commend Trino studios for their courage in making this film because this isn’t the quintessential Nollywood production”.[18]

Oris Aigbokhaevbolo in his feature review on BellaNaija shared “It was heartening to have the origin of the spirit-spouse be broached but never really explained. The film shows it is the product of a Nigerian mind in how the existence of the spiritual realm is taken as a given, and its characters are modern figures wrestling ancient myths, citified kids fighting what we think of us as village people.”[19]

Accolades

Film festivals

Date Festival
May 5, 2018 Nollywood Week Paris[20][21]
May 23, 2019 Africa Film Trinidad and Tobago[22]
List of Award Nominations
Award Category Recipients and nominees Result
Africa Film Academy
(14th Africa Movie Academy Awards)[23] 		Best Young/Promising Actor Zainab Balogun Nominated
Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards
(2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards)[24][25] 		Best Actress in a Drama Zainab Balogun Nominated
Best Writer Movies/ TV Series Vanessa Kanu Nominated
Golden Movie Awards
(2019 Golden Movie Awards)[26] 		Golden Actor in Drama Chris Attoh Nominated
Golden Actress in Drama Zainab Balogun Nominated
Golden Supporting Actress in Drama Ini Dima-Okojie Nominated
Golden Movie Drama Sylvia (Ekene Som Mekwunye) Nominated
Overall Golden Movie Sylvia Nominated
Golden Sound Editor Michael Ogunlade Nominated
Golden Editor Video Jude Chidebe Nominated

See also

References

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