Project Detail

Idiots Anonymous

Synopsis

Inmates under Home Detention Curfew are promised instant parole through a government early-release pilot, if they can prove they’re reformed in group therapy. Strangers trade confessions like currency, bartering trauma, charm, and twisted lies. Dumb crimes spark laughter, serious crimes suck the air out of the room. Empathy and morality are mandatory, but the system isn’t testing remorse - it’s testing performance. In a surreal stage of confessions and manipulation, honesty is demanded, yet the real question lingers: who among this motley crew can convincingly fake redemption?
A darkly comic, sharply observed tale where freedom hinges on the art of deception.

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Running time: 92 min
Format: 4K
Director: Chris Barfoot 1st Feature
Producer: Chris Barfoot
Co-Producer: Christopher J. Barfoot MA
Executive Producer: Jane Elizabeth Robertson
Editor: Simon Baj Woodward
Screenwriter: Chris Barfoot
Director of Photography: John E Fry
Production Designer: Grant Kempster
Sound: Kevin Harper
Composer: Dale Sumner
Principal cast: Richard Summers-Calvert, Sara Dee, Austin Caley, Niki Awa Moore, Laurent C. Lucas, Charlotte Thomas, Jean-Luc Julien, Fiona Lynn, Dave Lee, Paul Robert Bird, Julia Savill,Toki Ogunkolati
Other Lead Creative(s): Consultant Cinematographer: Trevor Coop ACO, GBCT, Associate BSC
Locations and Crew: c/o Gillian Tully, Hampshire Film Office, FilmExpoSouth