Lizard
Synopsis
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
- 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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Potboiler Productions Ltd
9 Greek StreetLondon
W1D 4DQ
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