15/08/2025
From Nigeria to Houston – and straight to the WorldFest office!
✨ A WorldFest Welcome! 🎬
What a joy to have Banji Adesanmi, writer and producer of 5365 Days, stop by the WorldFest office today to pick up his Silver Remi Award in Low Budget Film Productions (with Inspaya Studios, directed by Biodun Stephens). Visiting from Nigeria, Banji shared stories from his time here at the festival – including meeting Hunter Todd at a director’s dinner, where he felt the depth of Hunter’s presence and passion for film.
We first met Banji when his 2022 film Strangers screened at WorldFest-Houston 2023, winning a Gold Remi for Foreign Film and becoming a festival favorite. 5365 Days tells the story of an engaged young man whose casual visit to a heartbroken friend sets off a journey full of ambiguity, surprises, and uncertainty.
Even more exciting – Banji’s next project just wrapped editing yesterday, and he plans to enter it this month, hoping for another premiere at WorldFest59. We can’t wait to see what’s next! 🌍🎥