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Filmmaker, Educator, Director
FUTURE ||| VISIONS
Joshua is a Philadelphia-based writer and filmmaker whose storytelling grounds us in the whirlwind that is human relationships. Dramatic narratives that invite the supernatural and disturb the collective conscious is their specialty.
Always socially conscious and meditative, their gaze is turned to the horizon and held by the question; "what if?"
Babellion Studios
Babellion Studios
A film collective founded by Tira Olkdari and Joshua Afiriyie.
We specialize in narrative filmmaking and content creation, and a currently expanding to commercial work. We also like to center experiences from queer and black communities.
Our mission is universalization. If we can find the humanity in the story, it will resonate with the human.
Our most recent film The Politics of Girl-Eat-Girl Relationships is an official selection at the Greater Lehigh Film Festival, First Take Film Festival, as well as the Philadelphia Film Showcase. The film is sitting at 5k views on YouTube as of August 8th.
More coming your way, stay tuned.
Works
Works
narrative
narrative
SIMMER (2023)
A poem for class becomes a reflection of a young boy's tormented soul.
Awards/Selections:
Official Selection (National Film Festival for Talented Youth)
Best Student Film (Cut International Film Festival)
Best Undergraduate Film (Diamond Screen Film Festival)
Official Selection (SpringFest Philadelphia 2025)
Official Selection (Black Star International Film Festival)
Official Selection (United We Heal Film Festival)
Official Selection (DC Black Film Festival)
Official Selection (Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival)
Official Selection (Detroit Black Film Festival)
Official Selection (Afrikana Independent Film Festival)
Official Selection (Reading Film Festival)
Official Selection (Dirty Black Popcorn Film Festival)
Official Selection (Greater Lehigh Valley Film Festival)
Best Director/Writer (Temple Uni. BFA Senior Thesis Showcase)
Two women navigate the complex and competitive nature of growing up a femme presenting person.
Awards/Selections
Gaia Zine's Uniquely Youth Film Festival (Selection)
Greater Lehigh Valley Film Festival (Selection)
First Take Film Festival (Selection)
Philly Film Showcase (Selection)
DiamondQ LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Selection)
Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival (Selection)
The Past, Tonight with Mars Apollo!
The Past, Tonight with Mars Apollo!
Talkative TV personality Mars Apollo invites guests from his past & condemns them for traumatizing him.
Awards/Selections
The Art of Movie Making Film Festival (Best Set Design)
WRPN Global Webisode Competition (Selection)
Gaia Zine's Uniquely Youth Film Festival (Selection)
Life in Shorts II Film Festival (Selection)
Selected to premiere on QuickFlick TV!
pilot episode dir. by Joshua Afiriyie & written by Tira Olkdari
A troubled Doll seeks agency from the obsessive and heinous OVERSEER.
Awards/Selections
22nd Annual Diamond Screen Film Festival
dir. by Joshua Afiriyie, co-edited w/ Caleb Leanza
experimental
experimental
Black Moon Lilith
Black Moon Lilith
The body keeps the score
dir., shot, & edited by Joshua Afiriyie
commercial
commercial
content
content
Produced by Babellion, hosted by me, edited by Tira O. and Caleb Leanza
Produced by Babellion, hosted by me, edited by Tira O. and Caleb Leanza
Produced by Babellion, hosted by me, edited by Tira O. and Caleb Leanza
Coming Soon...
Coming Soon...
BANANAZ
BANANAZ
A gay freshman struggles with his best friend’s lack of understanding.
co-directed by JGA & Tyrone Zhang
GENESIS
GENESIS
A lazy film student discovers the true power of AI.
written & directed by Tira Olkdari, sound recording and stunt choreography by JGA
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