BIOGRAPHIE

Ako Mitchell is a film-maker and actor. His directing debut, the short film “I'm in the corner with the bluebells”, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, won Best Director at the Mica Film Festival in Brazil, Best Drama at the Sunderland Short Film Festival, and the Jury Prize at the Southwest London International Film Festival. Ako won third prize at the 2016 Widening the Lens Pitch Competition at the Bristol Encounters International Short Film Festival. Ako's micro-short "I Promise" won the Audience prize at the 2017 Cineuropa/Filminute Festival. His experimental short "Box Red" premiered at the Sunderland Shorts Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated for Best Short at the Birmingham Film Festival. Ako also co-produced the documentary film “500 Years Later”, a winner at the LA Pan-African Film Festival and Black Berlin International Cinema.

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2021 Two And a Half Minutes Director, Script, Sound designer, Editing, Sound Editing
• 2016 Box Red Director, Referent, Script, Editing
• 2014 I'm in the Corner with the Bluebells Director, Referent, Script, Cast / With, Editing