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Lizard

Synopsis

An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a Mega Church in Lagos.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

Details

Year
2020
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
18 min 27 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Akinola Davies
Producer
Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
Executive Producer
Eva Yates, Dionne Farrell, Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood
Editor
Kit Jennings
Screenwriter
The Davies Brothers (Akinola Davies, Wale Davies)
Director of Photography
Shabier Kirchner
Production Designer
Anti Design
Sound
CJ Mirra
Composer
Tim DeWit
Principal cast
Pamilerin Ayodeji, Osayi Uzamere, Rita Edward, Charles Etubiebi

Genre

Black Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Potboiler Productions Ltd

9 Greek Street
London
W1D 4DQ

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