Essex Girls (2025) BAFTA-Longlisted

Directed by Yero Timi-Biu · Starring Busayo Ige, Maisie Smith, Corinna Brown, Adrianna Bertola · 2023

British-Nigerian teen Bisola has worked hard to fit in at her Essex school, until an incident pushes her toward the only other Black girl in her year and a new sense of herself.

A warm, funny, BAFTA-longlisted coming-of-age story about fitting in and finding yourself.

After an incident at her high school shunts her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey of discovering a whole new side of herself.

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