Lizard (film)
Lizard is a Nigerian short film co-written by Akinola Davies and Wale Davies and directed by Davies. It was the only Nigerian submission at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and the first Nigerian production to win the Grand Jury Prize at the festival. Plot 
Lizard tells the story of Juwon, an 8 year old girl who gets kicked out of Sunday school for having the extraordinary ability for sensing danger. She gets involved in criminal activities following this. Cast

Production 
Lizard is set in 1990s Lagos and based on a real life event that happened to Akinola Davies but was infused with fantasy. Reception 
Lizard won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. References

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2020 films
2020 drama films
2020 short films
Nigerian drama films
British short films
British drama films
Nigerian short films
Films set in Lagos
Films set in the 1990s
Films shot in Nigeria
Sundance Film Festival award-winning films
2020s English-language films