BabyDolls
Synopsis
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
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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
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK
Alice Raymond
Pauline Glomaud-Murmann
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