Project Detail

About A Bell

Synopsis

Sami, a Syrian refugee in the UK, and Bryony, an aimless young librarian, embark on a highly personal quest to preserve a bell from a demolished Christian church.
What begins as a civic protest quickly becomes a criminal case when they accidentally near fatally injure a security guard, and find themselves on the run from the police.
However, our accidental heroes’ fate is sealed by a kindly police sergeant who is moved by their mission, and our odd-couple achieve their goal of saving the bell and reminding the town they both call home about the importance of remembering its own story.

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Running time: 102 min
Format: 2K Digital, 5.1 Audio
Director: Simon Callow 2nd Feature
Producer: Jasper Warry
Co-Producer: Shahin Sobhani, Omid Djalili, Joel Atley, Lamia Nayeb, Peter De Maegd
Executive Producer: Sawsan Asfari, Rasha Mansouri, Luke Healy, Richard Holmes, Saskia Thomas, Ian Hutchinson, Jonty Brook
Editor: Danielle Palmer
Screenwriter: Derek Lister
Director of Photography: Ryan Eddleston
Production Designer: Gerwyn Lloyd
Sound: Jan Decca
Composer: Kevin Malpass
Principal cast: Omid Djalili, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Christopher Eccleston, Nigel Havers, Roger Allam

Genre

Crime / Mystery Drama History

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Hello Deer Studios Ltd.

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Powys
LD3 0UF
Wales

info@hellodeer.co.uk

Sales Company

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Limited

3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE

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