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tolu rachael akisanya

Film & TV Publicist | Communications Consultant | Awards Specialist | Freelance 

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Tolu is a London-based PR and awards strategist and founder of tra Public Relations, a boutique consultancy working across film, television, literature, art, and culture.

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She works with filmmakers, studios, and creative organisations to build strategic publicity and awards campaigns that prioritise meaningful visibility, long-term impact, and cultural relevance — spanning talent profiling, festival strategy, and national and international press.

UK PUBLICITY 

In-house, agency and independently, I've worked on UK publicity for independent and studio film and television releases across theatrical, broadcast, and platform launches, including press strategy, media relations, talent handling, and premiere activity.

  • Shelter (feature film, Black Bear Pictures), 2026

  • Fresh Cuts (ITV series), 2025

  • Last Night in Soho (feature film), 2021

  • Dear Evan Hansen (feature film), 2021

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (feature film), 2021

  • Eternals (feature film), 2021

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (feature film), 2022

  • Tigers (feature film), 2021

  • Lightyear (animated feature film), 2022

  • Beast (feature film), 2022

  • The Rings of Power (television series), 2022

  • The Last Thing He Told Me (television series), 2023

  • KAVA (streaming platform), 2025
    Strategic UK communications and publicity support for platform launch activity within the film and creative industries.

  • Grandpa Must Obey (feature film) and Trino Motion Pictures, 2025
    UK publicity and corporate communications support, including press outreach and audience-facing visibility.

  • Sticks & Stones (feature film) and studio DisAuthority, post-production
    UK publicity and strategic corporate communications support, including messaging, positioning, and industry-facing visibility.

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AWARDS CAMPAIGNING

Awards strategy and campaigning across BAFTA, Academy (Oscar) Awards, BIFA, RTS, Grierson Awards, London Critics' Circle Film Awards, WFTV and UK guilds. Including positioning, narrative development, press strategy, and coordination with international teams. 

  • Maestro (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • May December (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • Society of the Snow (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • American Symphony (documentary feature, Netflix), 2023

  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (live-action short film, Netflix), 2023

  • NYAD (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • Rustin (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • Nimona (animated feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • El Conde (feature film, Netflix), 2023

  • Emilia Pérez (feature film, Netflix), 2024–2025

  • All Quiet on the Western Front (feature film, Netflix), 2022–2023

  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (animated feature film, Netflix), 2022

  • Aftersun (feature film, BBC Films / MUBI), 2022

  • Navalny (documentary feature film, Warner Bros.), 2022

  • CODA (feature film, Apple Original Films), 2021–2022

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FESTIVALS

Senior account leadership on festival publicity, delivering cross-market communications, media strategy, stakeholder coordination, and reporting

  • ​BFI London Film Festival, 2025 - working with titles such as My Father’s Shadow, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, Dust to Dreams, One Woman One Bra, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, The Eyes of Ghana, Memory of Princess Mumbi, Love Brooklyn and more.

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