Sheila Nortley, producer of Netflix hit shows Supacell and Harlan Coben’s Stay Close, is expanding her award-winning short Osoro into a feature film with UK-based production company My Accomplice, the outfit known for Surviving Earth and The Great Hack.
Nortley will write and executive produce the film, alongside Jamie Clark as executive producer, with Aleksandra Bilić and Dorottya Székely attached as producers. The project is currently in development, with early financing and talent discussions underway.
Following the success of Supacell, Nortley returns to the supernatural genre—this time with a romance steeped in grief, memory, and identity. Inspired by her own experiences of loss, Osoro weaves love and mythology against the backdrop of noughties Black Britain.
The story centres on Alesha Amoah, a motivational speaker whose carefully curated image begins to crumble when she returns home to care for her mother. Reuniting with her high-school sweetheart, Kadien, triggers a tragic turn that draws her into Osoro—a mystical limbo accessed through ancestral ritual. Here, memories can be relived, but only with an anchor strong enough to pull one back. As Alesha delves deeper, the lines between reality and memory blur, forcing her to face pain, choices, and the tempting possibility of rewriting what has been lost. Casting for the feature has yet to be confirmed.
Nortley originally created Osoro as a short film with Cameron Roach’s Rope Ladder Fiction, which she co-wrote and directed. Starring Nadine Mills, Rima Nsubuga, Shingai Shoniwa of The Noisettes, and Kaine Lawrence, it screened at multiple festivals and clinched notable awards including Best Film and Best Director at the Madrid Indie Film Festival.
Nortley has built a strong track record across international film and television, with a commitment to nurturing emerging talent—having founded Kingdom Drama School and led the mentoring scheme on Supacell. Alongside developing Osoro, she serves as Head of Drama and Executive Producer at Osun Group.
