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Synopsis

In an alternate world where having sex means swapping bodies with the other person, a young woman struggles to be herself, defying her small conservative community where swapping is taboo. A deeply intimate portrait of identity in transition.
Official Selection Tampere Film Festival 2023

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 min 30 sec
Director: Mdhamiri a Nkemi
Producer: Sabina Smitham
Editor: Amber Saunders
Screenwriter: Eve Hedderwick Turner
Director of Photography: Adam Singodia
Production Designer: Luke Moran-Morris
Sound: Adam Woodhams
Composer: Seymour Milton
Principal cast: Sorcha Groundsell, Olive Gray

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

Hinterland Pictures

Sabina Smitham

sabina@hinterlandpictures.co.uk

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