Stinging Nettles
Synopsis
Official Selection London Short Film Festival 2026
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 min 25 sec
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Jerusha West
- Producer
- Sydney Oberfeld, Luke Tierney
- Executive Producer
- David Goldblum, Fionn Greger
- Editor
- Catriona Delbridge
- Screenwriter
- Jerusha West
- Director of Photography
- Morgan K. Spencer
- Production Designer
- Rana Fadavi
- Sound
- Emily Compton, India Holdstock, Conor Kelly, Caitlin McDaid, Jonathan Pepe
- Composer
- Eleanor Petheram
- Principal cast
- Ksenia Devriendt, Arthur McBain, Theo Deacon
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