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Beach Toys

A group of friends celebrating a stag holiday with drinks.

Synopsis

Four British lads on a stag holiday in southern Italy enjoy a weekend of drunken debauchery. Jonah, the groom-to-be, a successful black man in his 20s, spends the last day of his trip alongside his white friends who are desperate for him to have an "authentic" stag experience - whether he wants to or not. But as Jonah tries to celebrate his "last night of freedom", he finds his dream holiday quickly becomes a nightmare after multiple run-ins with a mysterious migrant beach vendor and an ill-fated stag do prank which will have him fighting for his life.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min 30 sec
Director
Rhys Aaron Lewis
Producer
Bernardo Angeletti, Olivia Song
Executive Producer
Josic Cadoret
Editor
Max Reynolds
Screenwriter
Rhys Aaron Lewis
Director of Photography
Edward Hamilton Stubber
Production Designer
Aurora Melpignano
Sound
Simon Panayi
Composer
Segun Akinola
Principal cast
Jonathan Ajayi, Finlay Paul, Clem Lohr, Pierfilippo Agati, Lanre Danmola, Veronica Ricci

Genre

Comedy Drama Horror

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Beach Toys LTD

Bernardo Angeletti

Sales Company

Beach Toys LTD

Bernardo Angeletti

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