Toxic

Why is it that we stay in destructive relationships?
Through Arnold and Tiwa’s stories, Ese Ejodame creates an intimate docufiction narrative exploring the different types of intimate partner violence that exists in LGBTQIA+ relationships.

Inspired by true events.

Director Biography - Ese Ejodame

Ese Ejodame (b. 1994) is a non-binary queer filmmaker (They/Them), born in Nigeria, grew up in Gothenburg. They work mainly with topics that are LGBTQIA-related, violence perpetrated by non-cis-men and mental health issues. Ese studied at Katrineberg Folkhögskola in Halland and has a BFA degree from the Valand film academy of Gothenburg.