Project Detail

Benjamin

Synopsis

A comedy about being weird and struggling for a connection. The film opens as Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film ’No Self' when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 85 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Simon Amstell 1st Feature
Producer: Alexandra Breede, Dominic Dromgoole, Louise Simpson
Editor: Robin Peters
Screenwriter: Simon Amstell
Director of Photography: David Pimm
Production Designer: Hannah Purdy Foggin
Sound: Ben Baird
Composer: James Righton
Principal cast: Colin Morgan, Anna Chancellor, Phenix Brossard, Jessica Raine, Joel Fry

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Open Palm Pictures

Head of Production
Open Palm Films
3rd Floor
5 Percy Street
London
W1T 1DG

Sales Company

Starline Entertainment

The Old Town Hall
213 Haverstock Hill
London
NW3 4QP

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