Beach Toys
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Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 16 min 30 sec
- Director
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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
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Production Status
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Beach Toys LTD
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