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Sunday Dinner

Synopsis

Life for Maya looks perfect: an athlete, popular, has a loving family, head over heels for her girlfriend Jasmine. However, she’s about to risk it all by inviting Jasmine around. With the help of her grandmother will dinner with her family go smoothly, or will they scare Jasmine off?
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Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 min 30 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Monique Needham
Producer
Kashif Boothe
Editor
Francine Leach
Screenwriter
Monique Needham
Director of Photography
Louis Brennan
Production Designer
Martine Lewis
Sound
Pierluigi Papaiz, Javier Carles
Composer
Sky Beats for Krafthouse Music
Principal cast
Sienna King, Vanessa Smith, Jade Groves, Renee Bailey, Rico Morris, Anthony Clarke, Rosemarie Burton

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Woman Director Black Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Monique Needham

12 Shortcroft Mead Court
55 Cooper Road
London
NW10 1BF

Sales Company

Monique Needham

12 Shortcroft Mead Court
55 Cooper Road
London
NW10 1BF

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