Project Detail

Grace on a Saturday Night

Synopsis

In the wake of her parents’ separation, 10-year-old Grace spends a Saturday evening with her father, Joe. In the neon-lit world of the bowling alley, the takeaway and the roadside service station, father and daughter are confronted by the gulf opening up between them in the aftermath of change.

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 min
Format: Digital
Director: Jemima James
Producer: Harry Macqueen
Editor: Hoping Chen
Screenwriter: Jemima James
Director of Photography: Toby Lloyd
Production Designer: Philippa Brocklehurst
Sound: Helen Miles
Principal cast: Jon Foster, Wilhelmina Valdés Alford

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Jemima James

c/o Film Hub South West

bfinetwork@watershed.co.uk

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