Project Detail

Cass and Roya

A woman looks tentatively up and out of frame
An upset woman looks off out of frame
A laptop recording of a woman sitting at a table holding a piece of paper
A recording of a smiling little girl in a white dress with yellow patterns running towards a person holding the camera

Synopsis

Drifting addict Cass becomes embroiled in a toxic agreement with controlling agoraphobic Roya to wear a hidden-camera and spy on her estranged daughter, only to expose Cass to a repressed loss of her own.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min 17 sec
Director
Alice Cornelia
Producer
Mike Cochran
Executive Producer
Benjamin Taylor
Editor
Matt Dennis
Screenwriter
Natalie Beech
Director of Photography
George Haydock
Production Designer
Kinga Kovacs
Sound
Paula Kraukle
Composer
Raheel Khan
Principal cast
Debbie Brannan, Pooky Quesnel, Grace Lyons, Lynn Roden, Olive Kelly
Casting Director
Annalise Bradshaw
Costume Designer
Eve Salter
Production Coordinator
Patrick Walsh
First Assistant Director
Josie Connor
First Assistant Camera
Martin Welsby
Second Assistant Camera
Keely Pickard
Gaffer
Sara Zourki
Spark
George Thornton
Script Supervisor
Alan Livesey
Third Assistant Director
Rhys Thomas
Makeup Designer
Leanne Burrows
Chaperone
James Kelly
Stills Photographer
Callan Dooley
Colourist
Oliver Hardingham
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Burns
Dialogue Editor
Jack Cheetham
Florence Dowding-Green
Foley Artist
Audio Describer
Kezia Turner
Floor Runner
Noah Hawkins
Floor Runner
Will Crumpton
Floor Runner
Ruben Gray

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Melting Pot Films Ltd

Mike Cochran
7 Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, United Kingdom, WN4 8AA

Sales Company

Melting Pot Films Ltd

Mike Cochran
7 Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, United Kingdom, WN4 8AA

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