On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - North American premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 min
- Director
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Rungano Nyoni
- Producer
- Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
- Co-Producer
- Gabriel Gauchet
- Executive Producer
- Eva Yates
- Editor
- Nathan Nugent
- Screenwriter
- Rungano Nyoni
- Director of Photography
- David Gallego
- Production Designer
- Malin Lindholm
- Composer
- Lucrecia Dalt
- Principal cast
- Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Zambia, UK, Ireland co-production
An Element Pictures (IE, UK) production supported by BBC Film (UK), A24 (US), Fremantle (US)
Element Pictures UK
22-25 Eastcastle StreetLondon
W1W 8DF
Sales Company
A24
31 W. 27th Street11th Floor
New York
NY 10001
USA
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