Kanyinsola Eros, Sharon Rotimi, Timilehin Ojeola and Najite Dede star in HOME, a new 36-minute short film announced by N47WORKS in association with TFA Studios and Top of the Iceberg Studios. Written and directed by Ayomide Napson, the drama explores grief, family relationships and the difficult journey towards starting over.
For Toke, the film’s central character, home is both a shelter and a reminder of the life she has struggled to leave behind. Four years after losing her husband, the 31-year-old widow and realtor remains attached to the house they once shared, clinging to their memories while avoiding the life that lies beyond them. The house becomes a reflection of her grief, preserving the past while keeping her from fully embracing the future.
A blind date introduces Toke to Adam, a gentle and grounded man whose kindness offers the possibility of a new connection. But his tenderness cannot easily reach someone who has built her life around the absence of another. Things become more complicated when Toke reunites with her emotionally distant mother, bringing years of neglect and unspoken hurt to the surface. Between the possibility of new love and the weight of unresolved family wounds, Toke must confront what she has held on to and decide what she is finally ready to release.
Eros plays Toke, with Rotimi appearing as Isabel, her friend and emotional lifeline. Ojeola plays Adam, while Dede takes on the role of Mrs Adeoye, Toke’s mother.
In his director’s statement, Napson describes Toke as “not broken” but “restrained”, with her grief expressed through routine, silence and avoidance rather than an outward collapse. “Her journey is not about forgetting her husband, but about confronting the cost of remembering him alone,” he explains. This approach also informs the film’s exploration of how love and sacrifice are understood across generations, particularly through Toke’s strained relationship with her mother and the emotional distance that can exist within a Nigerian family.
Produced by Toti Fagade, HOME brings together a production team with experience across different areas of Nigerian cinema. Feranmi Abiola serves as director of photography, editor and colourist. She is the founder of TFA Studios and the director of Mara Mania, a documentary exploring the rise of the Lagos street-rooted youth sound known as Mara. Her other work includes the five-part series Sounds of Nollywood, which examines the contributions of Nigerian sound designers and film composers. Boluwatife Bakare also shares the film’s cinematography credits, while Feranmi Abiola handles sound design. The soundtrack features songs by Sewa and Liya.
Shot in Lagos, HOME is performed in English, Yoruba and Pidgin.
The film follows Napson’s A Tale of Two First Dates, a 2024 short drama he wrote, directed and produced, featuring Sharon Rotimi and Olasunkanmi Olowu. The film explores the unexpected connections that emerge between seemingly different individuals and was recognised among Nollywood’s notable short films of 2024. A graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, Napson founded N47WORKS, an independent film production company, in 2023. He has also worked with Guguru Studios, contributed to Naijournal and serves as a creative director at Afrocritik.
At its centre, HOME is less concerned with forgetting than with what it takes to make room for life after loss. As Toke’s journey unfolds, the film asks what it means to move forward when the things we hold closest can also keep us from living.
