Quarters

by Aiman Mimiko
Feature Screenplay

A Nigerian Professor struggles to balance his duties as the voice of students trapped on campus by a brutal military dictatorship and as the father of a critically-ill child.

Aiman Mimiko is a Nigerian Writer/Director whose work centers on African and Muslim perspectives, and the challenge of self-identity in worlds where no one pronounces your name right on the first try. His pilot, Casual Patricide, was a 2022 semifinalist for Fox’s Writers’ Incubator, Almanack Screenwriters’ Episodic Lab, and Humanitas’ College Comedy Award. In 2021, he participated in MPAC Hollywood’s Black Muslim TV Writers’ Lab with his teleplay, House Call. His feature, Quarters, was most recently part of ISF's Inaugural Muslim Writer's Lab and is currently being developed with Antigravity Academy. Aiman's short film, Mr. Bold is currently submitting to festivals. Aiman holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University and is a BAFTA Newcomer.