INDIE Magazine

You're looking at a BAFTA winner 🏆 Congratulations to INDIE's Romance Issue cover star , who took home Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer for his 2025 film, ‘My Father's Shadow.’

"When it comes to love, I have a broad approach," he told back in 2023. "I want to know as much as I can of the world." That spirit carried through to the solidarity expressed in his acceptance speech, which the BBC cut from its broadcast. “To the economic migrant, the conflict migrant, those under occupation, dictatorship, persecution and those experiencing genocide, you matter and your stories matter more than ever. Your dreams are an act of resistance. To those watching at home, archive your loved ones, archive your stories yesterday, today and forever. For Nigeria, for London, Congo, Sudan, free Palestine. Thank you.”

Akinola Davis Jr. by and , SS23