Kwame
LESTRADE
MAN UP (feature) 68 mins 2024
When the student is ready, the badass teacher will appear.
Produced, written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Pan African Film Festival (PAFF)
NOMINATIONS
Director - First Feature Narrative
Jeremy & Annabel (Short) 2 mins 2017
A perfect second-date is ruined when Annabel makes a shocking discovery.
Produced, written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
Zen (Teaser) 2017
Injured and exhausted, Zen must survive long enough to find a portal - his only way home.
Written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
View Trailer https://vimeo.com/226280824
We do what we can (Short) 15 mins 2017
A couple sets out to make a life for their child - but these things take a village.
Written & directed by Kwaku Awuku-Asabre
Co-produced by Kwame Lestrade & Max Ross
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The Link (Short) 1 min 2018 [BBC]
There's always somebody watching.
Written by Manjeet Mann
Directed by Kwame Lestrade
Filmed & edited by Kwame Lestrade
BIG MAN (Short) 15 mins 2023
Joshua is a young and impressionable teenager who listens to Red Wolf, an internet personality with controversial views on what makes a high value man.
Written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
{Produced by Kwame Lestrade & Lisa Zimmerman
CALM (Short) 14 min 2015
A father’s desire for respect costs him his daughter's love.
Produced, written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BUFF, TBFF, MBFF, PAFF, IBW
NOMINATIONS:
African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for Best Diaspora Short Film 2015
AWARDS : African Diaspora Film Festival UK for Best Short Film 2015
Niño's Dimension (Short) 15 mins 2017
Niño must fight to save his bar whilst a rival gang wants to see him fail.
Written by Corrine Bougaard, directed by Daniell Urbas. Produced & edited by Kwame Lestrade
Bi the Way (Short) 15 mins 2017
Sometimes the only way to save a relationship is to break-up.
Written & Directed by Lawrence Coke Cinematography & edit by Kwame Lestrade
BAiL (Short) 20 mins 2019
Is there ever a good time to spy on your kids?
Written & directed by Kwame Lestrade
Produced by Kwame Lestrade & Monique Touko
AWARDS
Pan African Film Festival (PAFF)
Directors Award 2019 - Narrative Shorts
African Movie Academy Award (AMMA) for Best Diaspora Short Film 2019
Realtime International Film Festival (RTF) Best Foreign Short Film 2019
Ah! Hard Rain (Short) 25 mins (2022)
A hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Exporing im/migration, hope and loss on the ocean.
Written & directed by Greta Mendez Cinematography & Edit by Kwame Lestrade
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Trinidad & Tobago FIlm Festival
Black (Short) 1 min 2018
You stole my dream.
Written by Nana-Kofi Kufuor
Directed by Kwame Lestrade
Cinematography & edit by Kwame Lestrade
Here Comes the Bride (Short)1 min 2018
Advice from mum is important.
Written by Mikhael Deville
Directed by Usman Mullan
Filmed & edited by Kwame Lestrade
BBC