The story begins with sunlight slicing through the restless city of Lagos buses honking, hawkers calling, and two children, Funke and Habeeb, watching their parents argue about “discipline” and “environment.” Their father, fed up with their mischief, decides to send them to the village to “learn sense.”
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It feels like punishment a journey from noise and Wi-Fi to dust roads and slow nights. But the moment the bus winds into Gbagi, a rural haven wrapped in silence and old stories, the air changes. You can almost smell the rain-soaked soil and hear the rustle of palm trees whispering things no city could ever understand.
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Their grandmother welcomes them with warmth and proverbs, but from the first night, something feels off. The forest behind her hut seems alive crickets stop singing when you stare too long, and shadows shift even when the wind is still. One evening, Funke, the curious one, follows a glimmering light past the backyard and stumbles upon an ancient wooden charm buried beneath a fallen tree. When she touches it, the air trembles.
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That moment births a connection between her and a mysterious creature Mikolo, a small, glowing forest being with the innocence of a child and the power of something much older.
Habeeb doesn’t believe her at first. He mocks her stories of magic until he sees Mikolo himself — trembling, half-hidden, chased by dark spirits that feed on fear. What starts as curiosity becomes a quest.
The siblings learn that the forest, once protected by guardians, is dying because humans have stopped believing in it. The amulet Funke found isn’t just decoration it’s the last key to restoring balance. But with every step deeper into the woods, the dangers grow real. Trees whisper warnings. The ground hums. A black mist follows them the echo of human greed and destruction.
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There’s a breathtaking mid-scene where Funke stands in a clearing surrounded by fireflies, her hand on Mikolo’s head, promising she’ll never leave him. Behind her, the darkness takes shape the shadow of a forgotten god. The sky roars open. Rain falls in sheets. The siblings run, stumble, and fight their way through visions of their fears of being alone, of losing each other, of failing their home.
By the final act, Gbagi’s villagers realise the children are missing. Their grandmother leads a desperate search party into the storm. Deep in the forest, Funke and Habeeb reach the sacred grove where the spirit of the forest lies sleeping. Mikolo, wounded and fading, lays beside it. Funke breaks the amulet in two, placing half on Mikolo’s chest and half on the forest altar. Light floods the screen. The mist screams and vanishes.
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When dawn comes, the forest is alive again greener, louder, breathing. Mikolo is gone, but his glow lingers on the children’s palms. They return home different not punished city kids anymore, but keepers of something ancient. As their grandmother hugs them, the forest hums quietly behind, like a secret watching over them.
The final shot lingers on the amulet’s broken piece, now hanging on Funke’s neck faintly glowing as the camera pans upward toward the sunrise.
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Directed by: Niyi Akinmolayan
Voices and Cast: Pamilerin Ayodeji, Fiyinfoluwa Asenuga, Yemi Solade, Bimbo Akintola
Runtime: 1h 35min
Watch trailer here.
