Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim (born June 7, 1989) is a Nigerian film producer, screenwriter and filmmaker, who creates works which tell the stories of Nigeria's marginalised LGBTQ communities. In 2020, the BBC included her in its list of the 100 Women of the Year. In 2015, she gave a TEDx talk, Becoming Free of the English Box. She is co-founder of the production company Hashtag Media House, and since 2011, she has worked to give voice to the Nigeria's minority communities, especially the LGBTQ community there. The rights of the LGBT community in Africa are severely persecuted, and Nigeria and its film industry are no exception: in Nollywood homosexual characters are ridiculed and portrayed as predators, moved by economic interests or under the influence of cults and spells and often end up being punished for their actions or saved by the church. Those films that feature the LGBTQ community in Nigeria, usually feature homosexual men.

In 2020, Ikpe-Etim, along with film producer Pamela Adie came to prominence in Nigeria due to their production of the film Ìfé. The film was Ikpe-Etim's directorial debut and tells a love story between two women. It was released ultimately on the streaming platform ehtvnetwork.com. It was screened at the Leeds International Film Festival in November 2020.

She is the younger sister of Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe Etim.

Awards In 2020, Ikpe-Etim was listed as one of the BBC's 100 Women for 2020, recognising her contributions to women's rights in Nigeria.

Movies

Ìfé (2020) as Director and Writer Nkoyo (2021) No Fury (2024) as Writer Trepidation (2024) as Writer