
Directing
Raymond J. Yusuff
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.
Acting credits
9.0In 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.
Crocodile
2026
NRTimothee 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.
Timothee
2021
NRChase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.
Chase
2018
NRThis short was made so you feel uncomfortable for a couple of seconds. Did we do good?
SPiN
2020
NRZ 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'.
Z: The Beginning
2019
NRAlice 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.
Game of Two
2022
Behind the camera
NRChase is a short film made by teenage filmmakers The Critics.
Chase
2018
NRThe Camssassins is an exaggerated film about the filmmaker struggle.
The Camssassins
2021
NR"For every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Who Are We Against Fate
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NR"For every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Who Are We Against Fate
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NRThree teenagers journey into their community's forest in a quest to find long lost hidden treasure leading to a series of unexpected events influenced by the forest guardian.
Into the Woods
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NRThree teenagers journey into their community's forest in a quest to find long lost hidden treasure leading to a series of unexpected events influenced by the forest guardian.
Into the Woods
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NROne Can Only Hope And Wonder is a narrative film inspired by real-life events in connection with the stolen artworks in the Benin expedition of 1897, the ongoing topic of restitution in the art world, and how the works of artists are perceived. The Critics Company is a Nigerian artist group formed in Kaduna in 2015, consisting of Godwin Gaza Josiah, Victor Josiah, Raymond Yusuff, Richard Yusuff, and Ronald Yusuff. For their very first exhibition, the group has created a new work especially for ZOLLAMTMMK.
One Can Only Hope And Wonder
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NRAfter an insurgent attack on his village, Dahiru experiences the harsh conditions of living in an IDP camp while struggling with grief and loss.
A Tomb For The Abandoned
2023
NRAfter an insurgent attack on his village, Dahiru experiences the harsh conditions of living in an IDP camp while struggling with grief and loss.
A Tomb For The Abandoned
2023
