{
  "id": 6402620,
  "title": "Damilola Orimogunje On Making Venice Giornate History & Prioritizing African Distribution With His Sophomore Feature ‘Dear Ajayi’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/damilola-orimogunje-on-making-venice-giornate-history-prioritizing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:25:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/damilola-orimogunje-venice-giornate-dear-ajayi-1237071950/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Damilola Orimogunje is set to make a small piece of African cinema history this week in Venice, where he will become the first Nigerian filmmaker to debut a feature in the Giornate degli Autori competition with his sophomore directorial effort, Dear Ajayi. “I’m absolutely thrilled,” Orimogunje says of his historic Venice selection, speaking with Deadline […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}