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Short Film

Short Film

Production Designer

2024

Upon using a modern art museum as the setting for a role play game that goes hopelessly awry, a deaf couple desperate to rekindle their spark finds the reconnection they seek in their shared experience over an abstract sculpture.

Directed by:

Aisha Amin

Cinematography by: 

B.P. Edwards

Produced by:

Vivy Yupanqui

Location:

Los Angeles, California

2024

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Hand drawn sketch of the Sculpture and art gallery layout by Chidinma Dureke. 

Sculpture fabricated by Paige Schaeffer.

"Is it a representation of the soul? Definitely a bit lonely. Sad. But hopeful? Infinite. It feeds itself. Everything it needs is there."
Brian Cohen
Writer

Artwork by Evita Tezeno, Beyond the Path There is a New Birth, 2023, represented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles

Cafe menu designed and printed by Chidinma Dureke, using Canva software. 

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Short Film

Short Film
Production Designer

On the cusp of graduation from college, four millennial African descent first-generation friends struggle to adult in Washington DC while still trying to follow the guidance of their African immigrant parents. Adeze, Adanna, Ashely and Chuckwuemeka attempt to navigate through the modern-day troubles of becoming adults as children of immigrants in America.

Directed by:

Chuckwunonso Angel Dureke

Cinematography by: 

Brandy Bruce

Produced by:

Chuckwunonso Angel Dureke at Dureke Productions 

Location:

Washington D.C. & Maryland 

2019

Plantain & Proverbs Logo Design 

Oil on canvas paintings, hand drawn by me (Chidinma Dureke).

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Short Film

Short Film
Production Designer | Art Director | Artwork

2021

A man must shutter his father’s auto business after losing him to the pandemic, but closing his father’s books also means confronting his decisions.

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Directed by: 

Faranak Sahafian

Cinematography by: 

Kunitaro Ohi

Produced by: 

HomeSpun Productions 

Location: 

Virginia 

2021

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We've Got The Summer

Short Film
Production Designer

On the night of senior prom Xhade and her best friends navigate the growing pains of change, forgiveness and identity.

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Directed by: 

Desirae Lee

Cinematography by: 

Rashad Frett 

Location: 

New York 

 

2022

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