After years of giving Afrobeats some of its most visually iconic music videos, Dammy Twitch is finally stepping into his main character era. Only this time, instead of directing artists in luxury cars and designer fits, he is directing heartbreak, vulnerability, and hopeless romantics fighting for emotional survival.
His feature film debut Call of My Life is already generating serious conversation online, and honestly, the timing feels perfect. In a culture exhausted by toxic dating discourse, ghosting, and “everybody is wicked” tweets, Dammy Twitch is boldly asking a radical question. What if love is still worth believing in?
The romantic comedy stars Uzoamaka Power, Zubby Michael, and Andrew Bunting, following Soluchi, a call center agent navigating heartbreak after being abandoned by her ex. Things take a turn when an unexpected customer call sparks a possible new connection. Yes, it sounds like the kind of movie that will make people stare dramatically out of Uber windows afterward.
What makes this project especially interesting is who is behind it. Dammy Twitch is not some random newcomer. The filmmaker, born Apampa Oluwadamilola Owolabi, has spent nearly a decade shaping the visual language of Nigerian pop culture through music videos for artists like Davido, Burna Boy, Omah Lay, and Flavour.
If you have watched “Unavailable,” “Jowo,” or “Kante,” then you already know Twitch understands mood, intimacy, and cinematic spectacle better than most directors in the game.
But Call of My Life feels deeper than aesthetics. In interviews, Dammy described the film as personal, explaining that his life has been “shaped by love” and that he wanted his first feature to reflect happiness and emotional honesty. And honestly, that emotional sincerity may be the movie’s real superpower.
At a time when modern romance often feels algorithmic and transactional, Call of My Life appears determined to slow things down and romanticize connection again. Soft lighting, emotional growth, second chances, and awkward vulnerability are back on the menu.
Somewhere along the way, Nigerians became deeply unserious about love online while secretly still craving it in real life. Dammy Twitch noticed first.
Source: Culture Custodian
