Project Detail

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 project: Shorts
Running time: 18 min 27 sec
Format: 16mm
Director: Akinola Davies
Producer: Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
Co-Producer: Nick Hayes, Funmbi Ogumbanwo
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

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Potboiler Productions Ltd

9 Greek Street
London
W1D 4DQ

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