Project Detail

Apostasy

Name: Apostasy
Director: Daniel Kokotajlo
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 96 min

Synopsis

As devout Jehovah’s Witnesses, sisters Alex and Luisa and their mother, Ivanna, are united in The Truth. Alex looks up to her confident older sister, while striving to follow in Ivanna’s footsteps as a ‘good Witness’. But when Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders, she makes a life-altering transgression that threatens to expel her from the congregation. Unless Ivanna and Alex can persuade her to return, they must shun her completely. This challenge becomes more painful when their family is faced with another heartbreaking test of faith.
Written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, a former Jehovah’s Witness, 'Apostasy' is a remarkable and authentic debut film, providing rare insight into the complex nature of faith, family, duty and love.

Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - World Premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - First Feature Competition

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 96 min
Director: Daniel Kokotajlo 1st Feature
Producer: Marcie MacLellan, Andrea Cornwell
Executive Producer: Christopher Moll, Steve Jenkins, Lizzie Francke, Jim Reeve, Christopher Granier-Deferre
Editor: Napoleon Stratogiannakis
Screenwriter: Daniel Kokotajlo
Director of Photography: Adam Scarth
Production Designer: John Ellis
Sound: Rerecording Mixer: Howard Bargroff; Sound Recordist: Dave Ratcliffe
Composer: Matthew Wilcock
Principal cast: Siobhan Finneran, Sacha Parkinson, Molly Wright, Robert Emms

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Frank & Lively production with development support from Creative England, BFI and BBC Films through iFeatures

Frank & Lively

Marcie MacLellan
Cambridge Heath Road
London
E1 5QJ

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Sales Company

Cornerstone Films

30 St Marys Gardens
London
SE11 4UF

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