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Sleepover

Sleepover

Synopsis

9 year-old Marla is having her first sleepover with her best friend Lola. Despite her nan's reservations, the sleepover is at her fun-loving dad's house. But when they're playing Marla finds something that changes the course of the sleepover and the dynamics of her relationship with her dad forever.
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Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 min 15 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Tommy Edwards
Producer
Anna Hargreaves
Executive Producer
Kath Mattock, Florence Walker, Kristin Irving, Alice Ojha
Editor
Marnie Hollande
Screenwriter
Tommy Edwards
Director of Photography
Rachel Clark
Production Designer
Dale Slater
Sound
Josh Robinson-Ward
Composer
Tyke
Principal cast
Lacey Leigh Payne, Morgan Watkins, Monaco Jospeh-Hayes, Rachel Lumberg, Nina Toussaint-White

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

Moonage Pictures

Flitcroft House
3rd Floor
114-116 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR

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