Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2018: "The Life of Esteban", Inés Eshun, Belgium

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2018

The Life of Esteban, 2017 

Inés Eshun

Belgium

Fiction

Synopsis

Esteban, a future Olympic swimmer, has grown up with a single mother and doesn't know who his father is. As he searches for his identity in this poetic short film, he determines swimming is a metaphor for life itself.

Biography

Inès Eshun was born in France and moved to Belgium when she was six years old. She has Belgian, Estonian, and Ghanaian roots, and she writes as well as directs. Eshun graduated with a master’s degree in film directing from the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema, and Sound in 2017.