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The Walk Home
Documentary short · BBC Four · 2024
A schoolboy’s 7 km walk home in Northern Ghana, filmed over one week. Sundance, short film jury prize nominee.
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title card —
Kofi Mensah
Director & Cinematographer · Accra · London
Logline
Wide frames, small moments.
Selected work
Sc. 02 / Shot BMEDIUM
Winter Light
Commercial · Volvo · 2023
A 60-second film shot in one take on a frozen lake.
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Night Bus
Music video · Low Tide · 2022
One night on the 207 from Lisbon to the coast.
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Treatment
I direct and shoot documentaries, commercials and music videos. My films have screened at Sundance, IDFA and on BBC Four.
I like working with small crews, natural light and people who aren’t actors.
Crew history
| 2021–Present | Director · Represented by Pulse Films |
| 2015–2021 | Cinematographer · Freelance |
Kit
- Directing
- Cinematography
- Documentary
- Commercials
- Colour
- ARRI Alexa
Screenings
- Sundance Film Festival The Walk Home, official selection 2025
- IDFA The Walk Home 2024
- British Arrows, Silver Winter Light 2024