Your dead grandpa's funeral? Not the scariest part of going home.
An animated horror short about a Nigerian-American teenager returning to Nigeria after the death of her grandfather.
Direction
Uzo Ngwu channels Nigerian spiritual horror through deeply personal lens.
Production
Ijele masquerade rendered with terrifying ceremonial authenticity.
Sound
Igbo proverbs whispered like incantations—sound design as séance.
Director
Uzo Ngwu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ijele masquerade is the 'king of all masquerades' in Igbo tradition, historically performed only for royal funerals—its horror adaptation here reclaims spiritual power from colonial dismissal.
Director Uzo Ngwu developed this from her own grandfather's funeral in Enugu, where she first understood masquerade as living ancestor rather than costume.
