Project Detail

In Camera

Synopsis

A modern fairy tale. Twenty-something Aden spends most of his time recording self-tapes for parts he never gets. After he is sent out on a series of nightmarish commercial auditions, with rejection upon rejection, he takes it upon himself to find a new part to play.
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023 - Proxima Competition - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - First Feature Competition

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 min
Format
digital
Director
Naqqash Khalid 1st Feature
Producer
Juliette Larthe, Mary Burke
Co-Producer
Jenny Monks
Executive Producer
Eva Yates, Kristin Irving
Editor
Ricardo Saraiva
Screenwriter
Naqqash Khalid
Director of Photography
Tasha Back
Production Designer
Guy Thompson
Sound
Paul Davis
Composer
Clark
Principal cast
Nabhaan Rizwan, Amir El-Masry, Rory Fleck Byrne

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

An In Camera Films, Pretty Bird, Public Dreams, Uncommon Creative Studio production supported by BBC Film, BFI

Prettybird Ltd

Juliette Larthe
West Wing
Somerset House
London
WC2R 1LA

Sales Company

Together Films

Soho Works
2 Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
W12 7FR

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