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SET Film Festival 2025 | Night 4: Coconut Head Generation
27 November 2025 @ 18:45 – 23:00
Night 4 of the 2025 SET Film Festival features Alain Kassanda’s multi-award-winning documentary, Coconut Head Generation, screening at SET Social on Thursday, 27 November.
At the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s oldest university, students gather for their weekly ‘Thursday Film Series’, where works by directors from Med Hondo to John Akomfrah spark lively conversations on feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, colonialism, housing issues and corruption.
Reclaiming the once-mocking term “coconut head generation”, a phrase used by older generations to deride young Nigerians as apathetic and disengaged, Alain Kassanda’s film follows these students as they turn the insult into an affirmation of their freedom of thought and expression.
The film moves from life on campus to the frontline resistance of the #EndSARS protests, the youth-led nationwide movement against police brutality, becoming an urgent portrait of a generation fighting for justice and meaningful social change.
Vividly immersing us in campus life, both as a site of intellectual liberation and spirited debate, and as a place marked by daily challenges such as frequent blackouts and overcrowded conditions, the film offers a resonant portrait of a generation of determined young Nigerians.
Event details
Date: Thursday 27 November 2025
Doors: 6.45pm | Screening: 7.45pm prompt
Tickets: £5 (concession) / £7 (general)
Note: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.
Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.
Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.