Ifeyinwa Arinze

Ifeyinwa Arinze is a filmmaker from Nigeria, based in New York. Named a 2025 Berlinale Talent, her work has been supported by organizations such as BAFTA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Film at Lincoln Center. Her latest fiction short film, Breastmilk, an adaptation, premiered at the 2025 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. It won the Jury Award for Student Short Film at Aspen Shortsfest and Best Student U.S. Short at Palm Springs.

Ifeyinwa is developing her debut feature film, Scruples, which was selected for the 2025 Berlinale Talents Script Station and the 2024 Cine Qua Non Script Revision Lab. It was also a finalist for the 2023 SFFILM RANIN grant. Ifeyinwa holds an MFA degree from the NYU Tisch Graduate Film program and is a 2024 Princess Grace Award winner.

Films


BREASTMILK

(2025)

Set in Lagos, Nigeria, BREASTMILK follows a new mother, Aduke, who struggles to breastfeed her baby while navigating her tense relationship with her husband as well as her family’s expectations. In order to support her newborn child, she must confront her past. Based on the short story Breastmilk by ‘Pemi Aguda, originally published by One Story Magazine.