California Schemin
Synopsis
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
-
James McAvoy 1st Feature
- Producer
- Stephen Kelliher, Guy J. Louthan, Danny Page
- Executive Producer
- Sophie Green
- Editor
- Joe Sawyer
- Screenwriter
- Elaine Gracie (screenwriter), Archie Thomson (screenwriter), Gavin Bain (based on the book by)
- Director of Photography
- James Rhodes
- Production Designer
- Andy Drummond
- Principal cast
- James McAvoy, Samuel Bottomley, Seamus McLean Ross, Lucy Halliday, Chloe Anais Hunt, David Goren
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Homefront Productions (UK), Patriot Pictures (US) production
Homefront Productions
c/o Bankside FilmsSales Company
Bankside Films
Yana GeorgievaAshley House, 5th Floor
12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN
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