A Twist of Hate
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 min 12 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Madeleine Shenai
- Producer
- Paula McGann
- Co-Producer
- David Gluckstein
- Executive Producer
- Ben Taylor, Andrew Boswell
- Editor
- Phil Hignett
- Screenwriter
- Madeleine Shenai
- Director of Photography
- Dan Stafford Clark
- Production Designer
- Sophie Moelle
- Sound
- Tobias Crane
- Composer
- Hugh Schulte
- Principal cast
- Sally Phillips, Tom Stourton, Sofia Barclay
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Costume Designer: Amanda Cox, HMU - Ili Newson Location Manager: Susannah Booker
- First AD
- Amber Tordoff-Gibson
- 2nd AD
- Elsa Collingwood
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Production Status
Production Company
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