Project Detail

Nails and Beauty

Synopsis

Awkward teen Lucy escapes dull suburbia and archaic gender norms when she’s thrown into the alternative world of the buff and brilliant builder Louisa, whose unconventional beauty makeover treatments involve angle grinders, builders tea & cement baths. 

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9-10 min tbc
Format
3.2K Proress 4444 XQ
Director
Rhona Foster
Producer
Tuli Litvak
Executive Producer
Thomas Wightman, Ruth Thompson
Editor
Stella Heath Kier
Screenwriter
Rhona Foster
Director of Photography
Beatritz Delgado Mena
Production Designer
Elouise Farley
Sound
Stephen Thomas
Composer
Jamie Cook
Principal cast
Libby Mai, Jodie Mitchell, Lucy Garner, Kemah Bob, Jacqui Bardelang
1st AD
Sam Mukherjee
1ST AC
Henry Keep
Gaffer
James Waudby
HMUA
Jenny Mantell
Script Supervisor
Rebekah Bouche
Costume Designer
Frances Heap

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Sales Company

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