Project Detail

Ackee and Saltfish

Name: Ackee and Saltfish
Director: Jasmin Nunes
Genre: Black, Children’s, Drama, Woman Director
Released: 2025
Duration: 15 min 59 sec

Marvin looks at his drawing on the window

Synopsis

A Jamaican mother in London uses a traditional meal to reconnect with her sons before their Caribbean roots are lost to their new English life.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 min 59 sec
Format: 16:9
Director: Jasmin Nunes
Producer: Victor Nauwynck, Leo Villares, Jasmin Nunes
Co-Producer: Celia Legard, Amaya Owen Rowlands
Editor: László Dunai
Screenwriter: Jasmin Nunes
Director of Photography: Tamás Apor Méder
Production Designer: Lauren Taylor
Sound: József Iszlai
Principal cast: Simone Frazier, Kelechi Davies, Stephen Awoyinka, Simon Smith, Joshua Gill
Other Lead Creative(s): Esther McRae
Costume Design: Esther McRae
Hair & Makeup: Georgia Nosal, Chelsea Murphy

Genre

Black Children’s Drama Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Picloc

Victor Nauwynck

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