The Lost Café

The Lost Café
Directed byKenneth Gyang
Written byIfesinachi Okoli-Okpagu
Regina Idu Udalor
Story byEmil Garuba
Produced byRegina Idu Udalor
StarringTunde Aladese
Anders Lidin Hansen
Jenny Bonden
Tayo Citadel
Anita Daniels
CinematographyBaba Agba
Ifeanyi Iloduba
Edited byJohnson E. Awolola
Production
companies
Cinema Kpatakpata
New Dawn Entertainment
Peridot Entertainment
Distributed byJuno Films
Release date
  • 30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesNigeria
Norway
LanguagesEnglish
Norwegian

The Lost Café is a 2018 Nigerian drama film directed by Kenneth Gyang and produced by Regina Idu Udalor. The film stars Tunde Aladese and Anders Lidin Hansen with Jenny Bonden, Tayo Citadel, and Anita Daniels in supporting roles. The film tells the story about a Nigerian graduate student who moved to Norway to study to become a film director, where she met an elderly man with secrets.

The film was released through Netflix on 31 July 2020 which is the Netflix debut for Regina Udalor. The film received mostly positive critics acclaim and screened worldwide. In 2018 at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven awards: Achievement in Screenplay, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Film, Best Nigerian Film, Achievement in Cinematography and Achievement in Sound.