Project Detail

BabyDolls

Synopsis

Unable to accept his ex Jess's departure, Billy finds a website that allows him to design a sexbot in her image.
A dark comedy that looks at fragile masculinity masked within alpha male bravado, paced to an original score and told through spoken word.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 min
Format
Digital
Director
Calvin Demba
Producer
Pauline Glomaud-Murmann, Alice Raymond
Executive Producer
Pauline Glomaud-Murmann, Alice Raymond, Calvin Demba, Sabine Schenk, Anja Murmann, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (BFI)
Editor
Gonçalo Sá Correia
Screenwriter
Calvin Demba
Director of Photography
Charlie Jenkins
Production Designer
Lily Soede
Sound
Dominika Latusek
Composer
Aiden “SK!TZ Beatz” Hogarth
Principal cast
Frankie Wilson, Saffron Hocking, Louisa Harland

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Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

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