Project Detail

Anemone

Synopsis

Anemio is a non-binary Nigerian teenager, unable to express their gender identity to their conservative family. The only place they feel at peace is the local marine aquatics shop they work in, comforted by the formless and hermaphroditic marine life. So when social pressures escalate, they transform into an anemone.

Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
17 mins 56 secs
Format
Digital, 2:35.1
Director
Amrou Al-Kadhi
Producer
Savannah James-Bayly
Executive Producer
Eva Yates, Stefan Allesch-Taylor, Esther Paterson, Richard Fletcher, Jonathan Harris,
Editor
Fiona Brands
Screenwriter
Amrou Al-Kadhi
Director of Photography
Craig Dean Devine
Production Designer
Elena Isolini
Sound
Raoul Brand
Music
Nainita Desai
Principal cast
Sekela Nancy Ngamilo, Ione Brown, Tsion Habte, Ameet Chana, Ty Glaser, Idris Debrand, Damian Lynch, Stefan Adegbola

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Fox Cub Films

55 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5SQ

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