Hotel London
Synopsis
HOTEL LONDON was originally produced in 1987. The film was remastered in 4K in 2025 by the BFI National Archive.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - World premiere (Remastered version)
Details
- Year
- 1987
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 52 min
- Format
- 16mm film
- Director
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Ahmed Alauddin Jamal
- Producer
- Mahmood Jamal
- Editor
- John Dinwoodie
- Screenwriter
- Ahmed Jamal
- Director of Photography
- Sabastian Shah
- Production Designer
- Dave Lingaard
- Sound
- Albert Bailey
- Composer
- Keith Waithe
- Principal cast
- Jonathan Pryce, Alpana Sengupta, Aftab Sachak
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Adrian McLoughlin, Julia Tarnoky, Sudha Bhuchar
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Retake Film and Video Collective
Ahmed JamalSales Company
First Take Limited
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