AISHA Trailer (2024) Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor

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AISHA Trailer (2024) Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor
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"I feel happy. And sometimes I feel really scared." Goldwyn Films from the US has revealed their official US trailer for the indie film Aisha, an emotional drama about an immigration made by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry. This originally premiered in 2022 and opened in the UK back in 2022 as well, debuting on Sky Cinema. It only now has a May 2024 release date (also on VOD) after years in limbo. While caught for years in Ireland's immigration system, Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with the former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha's future in Ireland comes under threat. Letitia Wright (also seen in The Silent Twins and Wakanda Forever from 2022) stars as Aisha Osagie, with Josh O'Connor, Ruth McCabe, Emmet Byrne, Joanne Crawford, Geraldine McAlinden, Tara Flynn, Joseph Palmer, and Abdul Alshareef. The film has positive reviews across the board from most critics, saying it's "an absorbing drama given sympathy and life by two very high-calibre performers." Have a look.

Here's the new official US trailer (+ simple poster) for Frank Berry's Aisha, direct from YouTube:

Aisha Poster

You can rewatch the original UK trailer for Berry's Aisha film right here, to view even more footage.

Aisha (Letitia Wright), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, is floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Conor (Josh O’Connor), an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own. Together they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options. Aisha is both written and directed by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry, director of the movie I Used to Live Here and Michael Inside previously. Produced by Sam Bisbee, Donna Eperon, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O'Sullivan. This first premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and also played at the 2022 London Film Festival and the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. This Sky Original film already opened in UK cinemas / streaming back in 2022. Samuel Goldwyn Films will finally release Frank Berry's Aisha film in select US theaters + on VOD starting May 10th, 2024.
Samuel Goldwyn Films released a new trailer for Aisha, the Irish drama film starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor.

Written and directed by Frank Berry, Aisha originally had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, before getting a release in the United Kingdom in the same year. Now, the film is set to release in theaters in the U.S.

The movie follows Aisha (Wright), a Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland who develops a close friendship with a former prisoner (O’Connor).

Check out the Aisha trailer below (watch other clips and trailers):

What is Aisha about?
“While caught for years in the Republic of Ireland’s immigration system, Nigerian refugee Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha’s visa comes under threat,” reads the film’s official synopsis.

Aisha is currently set to premiere in theaters on May 10, 2024.

Having debuted at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, the immigration drama “Aisha” starring Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”) and Josh O’Connor (“Challengers”), is finally coming to North American theaters. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Tubi Films, “Aisha” has been set for a May 10, 2024 release.

READ MORE: ‘Aisha’ Review: Letitia Wright Stuns in a Moving Character Drama [Tribeca]

Directed by Frank Berry (“Michael Inside,” “I Used To Live Here”), an award-winning filmmaker whose work focuses on critical social issues in Ireland, “Aisha” centers on the title character (Wright), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, who struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation.

Here’s the long-form synopsis from the Tribeca Film Festival.

Aisha, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, is floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Connor, an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own. Together, they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options.

“Aisha” also stars Irish actors Lorcan Cranitch, Denis Conway, Ruth McCabe, and many more. Our review of “Aisha” described it as a ”thoughtful and intelligent film, and it finds a gifted actor doing some very tricky things quite well.” “Aisha” is due out in theaters on May 10. Watch the first trailer below.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a clip from Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor-starring Aisha, which will premiere at Tribeca in three days’ time.

Wright plays the lead, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. As her situation becomes increasingly dire, she struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation.

Wright said of the clip: “This moment is a breaking point for Aisha, she has to hold it together during a time that’s incredibly difficult.”

The film, which will be given its world premiere in Tribeca’s Spotlight Narrative section, comes from Frank Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here) and also features The Crown breakout O’Connor.
Producers are Tristan Orpen Lynch, Donna Eperon

Josh O’Connor is having a moment, and it looks as if 2024 will be his breakout year. He’s receiving acclaim for his performance in Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera, which just released here last month. But it’s his role in Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis rom-com Challengers opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist that looks to be his biggest film yet. But there’s another that fans of O’Connor will want to look forward to. Aisha stars the actor alongside Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright in a story that explores Ireland’s immigration system and the relationship between two people from very different worlds.

Debuting at Tribeca back in 2022, Aisha stars Wright as a Nigerian refugee in Ireland who strikes up a friendship with O’Connor’s ex-con, not long before her Visa is set to expire.

The film is written and directed by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry. It’s his first since 2017’s Michael Inside which dealt with the Irish prison system.

Here’s the synopsis: Aisha, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation.

Aisha opens on May 10th.