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A man sitting at a desk in an office surrounded by mountainous stacks of files and paperwork.

Synopsis

Seven’s a downtrodden Junior Creative at a cosmic agency that creates worlds. When he’s unexpectedly gifted the opportunity to create his dream world, he finds himself in a life or death race against the clock to overcome his creative block before his head explodes.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 30 sec
Director
Edem Wornoo
Producer
Danielle Goff
Executive Producer
Alice Ojha
Editor
Mdhamiri Á Nkemi
Screenwriter
Edem Wornoo
Director of Photography
Nathalie Pitters
Production Designer
Milly White
Sound
Miles Sullivan
Composer
Joseph Stevenson
Principal cast
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Tom Forbes, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Genre

Black Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

Lunar Pictures Ltd

Danielle Goff
1 All Saints Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 1BU

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