Raymond J. Yusuff

Raymond J. Yusuff

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Biography

Raymond J. Yusuff is a filmmaker and photographer based in Kaduna, Nigeria. In 2015, he founded “The Critics” - an artist group of five members with whom he has made over 40 short films since 2015. His work with video art and still photography employs the use of surrealist and realist elements to engage a wide range of subject matters about human experiences. His work covers both extended and short-form media with premieres and features at New York’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Athens Biennale, and Venice Biennale. In 2023, he directed one short film produced by The Critics in a featured exhibition at the Museum for Modern Art, Frankfurt, entitled One Can Only Hope and Wonder.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Chase

Chase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.

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Z: The Beginning

Z is a short film set in a post apocalyptic era in Nigeria around the 2050s which reveals a developed Nigeria undergoing invasions. The word Z centers around a scientifical project (PROJECT Z) created by a Company called 'The Triangle'.

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Z: The Beginning

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SPiN

This short was made so you feel uncomfortable for a couple of seconds. Did we do good?

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Timothee

Timothee is a story of a humanoid boy trying to navigate life in the northern part of Nigeria as he finds himself in a series of misfortunate events that come as a result of his past.

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Game of Two

Alice falls in love with someone while working on a thesis on men. Her emotions go down the drain as she makes a tragic discovery on her newly-found lover. The truth lies there in the last minute.

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Crocodile

In Nigeria, the young art-collective The Critics, armed with makeshift gear, conjures homemade sci-fi spectacles, chronicling their reality while blasting into wild imagined worlds.

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Production

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Chase

Chase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.

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Chase movie poster

Chase

Chase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.

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Chase movie poster

Chase

Chase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.

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Z: The Beginning movie poster

Z: The Beginning

Z is a short film set in a post apocalyptic era in Nigeria around the 2050s which reveals a developed Nigeria undergoing invasions. The word Z centers around a scientifical project (PROJECT Z) created by a Company called 'The Triangle'.

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Z: The Beginning

Z: The Beginning movie poster

Z: The Beginning

Z is a short film set in a post apocalyptic era in Nigeria around the 2050s which reveals a developed Nigeria undergoing invasions. The word Z centers around a scientifical project (PROJECT Z) created by a Company called 'The Triangle'.

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Z: The Beginning

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The Pseudobulbar Effect

The Pseudobulbar Effect (Becoming Joker) is a short experimental film inspired by Todd Philips' 'The Joker'.

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The Pseudobulbar Effect

The Pseudobulbar Effect movie poster

The Pseudobulbar Effect

The Pseudobulbar Effect (Becoming Joker) is a short experimental film inspired by Todd Philips' 'The Joker'.

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The Pseudobulbar Effect

Director of Photography

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SPiN

This short was made so you feel uncomfortable for a couple of seconds. Did we do good?

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SPiN movie poster

SPiN

This short was made so you feel uncomfortable for a couple of seconds. Did we do good?

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Timothee movie poster

Timothee

Timothee is a story of a humanoid boy trying to navigate life in the northern part of Nigeria as he finds himself in a series of misfortunate events that come as a result of his past.

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Gallery

Raymond J. Yusuff portrait