IDFA Project Space
Hope is a Word
Maria Galliani Dyrvik
Norway
Selected in
2025
Program
IDFA Project Space: Rough cut
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Logline
Oil extraction keeps ravaging the Niger Delta. Poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey refuses to lose hope and gather a new generation of voices. Through poetry, young activists find a way to own the fight and transform words into acts of resistance and visions of a different future.
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Project Information
Category
IDFA Project Space: Rough cut
Countries of Production
Norway
Countries of co‑production
Nigeria, Italy
Estimated Length
90 min
Credits
Director
Maria Galliani Dyrvik
Maria Galliani Dyrvik
Production
Anita Jonsterhaug Vedå for Smau Media AS
Anita Jonsterhaug Vedå for Smau Media AS
Editing
Federico Neri
Federico Neri