British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Locked-In

Synopsis

Two friends Mike and Kwesi take a journey to Ghana to seek pastures new. While en-route to complete a lucrative land deal, they encounter an array of issues.

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min 04 sec
Format
QuickTime/ProRes format
Director
Stephanie Boateng
Producer
Kwame Augustine
Co-Producer
Stephanie Boateng
Executive Producer
Eric Kofi Abrefa, Kwame Augustine, Stephanie Boateng
Editor
Eddie Palayblay
Screenwriter
Kwame Augustine
Director of Photography
Joy Williams
Production Designer
Kwame Augustine
Sound
James Adofo
Composer
Tito Gomes
Principal cast
Kwame Augustine, Eric Kofi Abrefa

Genre

Woman Director Black Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bunk Bed & Sofa Productions

55 Ridge Close
London SE28 0HT

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A Night in Porto A Night in Porto

Director: Antonio Sequeira, Anastasiia Vorotniuk

Year: 2026

Two former lovers unexpectedly reunite on a Christmas night in Porto. Their encounter sparks a reflective journey into whether life offers second chances at happiness.

Comedy Drama Romance Woman Director
A young girl with the lights of an amusement arcade behind her Amusement

Director: Stephanie Zari

Year: 2026

With the clock ticking on her trip to the amusements, a downbeat ten year old girl needs to act quickly to make her funds count and win her dream prize, but she hasn’t contended with the self-appointed king of the amusements and his attempts to thwart her simple plan.

Adventure Children’s Comedy Drama Woman Director
A young man, sits alone in a cafe, deep in thought. A bouquet of disregarded roses in front of him. The Game

Director: Blaize Mott

Year: 2026

Donald, a lonely young man desperate to improve his dating life, hires a manipulative pick-up artist, Charles, to teach him how to meet and attract women. Over the course of one night in London, Donald is pulled into a world of performance, pressure and control, where confidence becomes coercion and desire begins to blur with power. What began as a harmless lesson on love transforms into a night where the methods he is instructed to use to achieve his goal are far darker than he could have ever imagined.

Drama Thriller