Project Detail

Model Parent

Name: Model Parent
Director: Benjamin Verrall
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026
Duration: 23 min

Man looking at a sculpt of a male figure in a warmly lit room.

Woman wearing a large scarf outdoors at night, with blurred lights in the background.

Two women in winter hats sitting with hot drinks at a table overlooking the sea and a pier.

Two women relaxing together on a sofa, talking over drinks in a warmly lit room.

Man resting his hand against his face shielding a small smile, seated in a cafe.

Woman sculpting a clay bust in a studio, with a man seated out of focus in the foreground.

Two women looking at a sculpted bust of a man in an artist’s studio filled with sculptures and tools.

Synopsis

Maya, a sculptor, agrees to create a portrait of her estranged father, David, a once-celebrated writer now coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis. As she builds his likeness in clay, Maya is forced back to the question that has shadowed her life: what led to her mother’s suicide, and what part David played in it.

Outside the studio, Maya navigates the tension the reunion creates in her relationships with her partner, Della, and her sister, Jade.

In the final scenes, Maya is left alone in the studio with the almost-finished sculpture, trying to complete the father she has only just begun to understand.

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 23 min
Format: DCI 4K Scope
Director: Benjamin Verrall
Producer: Kate Auster, Ruth Marshall, Amelia Rowcroft, Benjamin Verrall
Executive Producer: Christelle Randall
Editor: Kate Auster, Katie Cox, Lily Manning, Ruth Marshall, Benjamin Verrall
Screenwriter: Benjamin Verrall
Director of Photography: Alex Took
Production Designer: Amelia Rowcroft
Sound: Thomas Dalton, Brown Bear Audio
Composer: Katrina Rose
Principal cast: Bessie Carter, Alistair Petrie, Poppy Lee Friar, T’Nia Miller

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Toffee Hammer Productions Limited,

Benjamin Verrall,
Suite 202, Netwerks, 4 Fisher Street Lewes, BN7 2DG
https://toffee-hammer.com/

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