A Town in Nova Scotia
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
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Babak Jalali
- Producer
- Naima Abed, Émilie Georges
- Co-Producer
- Jennifer Monks
- Executive Producer
- Ama Ampadu, Naomi Despres, Mariyah Dosani, Sonny Gill, Kristin Irving, Michèle Marshall, Christopher Moll, Brad Noel, Peter O'Leary, Michelle Stein
- Editor
- Babak Jalali
- Screenwriter
- Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli
- Director of Photography
- Crystel Fournier
- Production Designer
- Paulina Rzeszowska
- Sound
- Lee Sharp, Paul Davies
- Composer
- Andrea Balency-Béarn
- Principal cast
- Bill Nighy, Makram J Khoury, Margaret Gilham, Shaun Mason, Noel Andre Carr
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Paradise City (UK)
Naima AbedScreenworks
22 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2EF
UK
The Fold (UK)
Jennifer Monks (UK)BBC Film
BFILiverpool Film Office (LCR Production Fund)
Calculus
Hoopsa Films
Desmar
Sales Company
Paradise City Sales
50 rue de Chabrol75010 Paris
France
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