I Do Not Come To You By Chance

3 March, 6 p.m. and 4 March, 1.15 p.m.

Glasgow Film Festival 26 February – 9 March, 2025

Kingsley has the smarts but no prospects for a job after university. Burdened with family responsibilities, he turns to his charismatic uncle, who lures him into a web of deceit – a decision that will change the course of his life.

Based on Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s best seller I Do Not Come to You by Chance, the film tells the story of Kingsley (Paul Nnadiekwe), a first-born son, who struggles to provide for his beloved family when his ailing father’s income dwindles. Possessed of a fine mind but poorly connected in the Nigerian job market, Kingsley takes a job working for his notorious uncle, Cash Daddy (a magnetic Blossom Chukwujekwu), the larger-than-life mastermind of a thousand email scams. As Kingsley falls reluctantly under his mentor’s spell, he discovers his own innate flair for the art of the confidence trick.

Glasgow Film Theeatre, 12 RoseStreet, G3 6RB

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Screening as part of Official Selection

English, Igbo with English subtitles

The screening on 3 March will be followed by a Q&A with Ishaya Bako (director) and Chioma Onyenwe (producer).

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