Sweet Bitter Sweet
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 min 24 sec
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
-
Nicolee Tsin
- Producer
- Joshua Gan
- Co-Producer
- Georgette Gregorio Mason
- Executive Producer
- Will Shutt, Jonathan Carr, Jack Goodwin, Samy Mosher, Ryan Hawkins
- Editor
- Amy Dang
- Screenwriter
- Nicolee Tsin
- Director of Photography
- Et Ng
- Production Designer
- Giorgia Lee Joseph
- Sound
- Ines Adriana
- Composer
- Patrick Jonsson
- Principal cast
- Carmen Law, Jason Wong
- Casting Director
- Olissa Rogers
- 1st AD
- Alex Mill
- 2nd AD
- Maria Jose
- Costume Designer
- Isabelle Landicho
- Hair & Make-up
- Tevae Humphrey
- Script Supervisor
- Molly Bradbrook
- Production Assistant
- Sarah Wong
- Runner
- Daniel Duke, Kate Lovrinov
- 1st AC
- Alex Tan
- Loader
- Natasha Saxby Jones
- Camera Trainee
- Abi Jones
- Gaffer
- Scott Tolladay
- Spark
- Poppy Landen, John Bland
- Sound Operator
- Zak Ferguson
- Art Director
- Dana Keren
- Standby Props
- Antonia Reed, Ciera Chapman
- Food Stylist
- Sam Dixon
- Food Stylist Assistant
- Tali Matuté, Sam Wong
- Colourist
- Tim Smith
- Colour Producer
- Jai Mach Durban
- Online Editor
- Matt Dilworth
- Music Supervisor
- Oliver Pearson
- Poster Artwork
- Esteban Swayze
- Title Animator
- Guillaume Maurin-Belay
- Graphics
- Wei Prior, Erin Tse, Ellis King
- VFX
- Lucas Martin, Ed Chambers, Ikki Dhesi, Johan Barrios
- ADR
- Gold Crest
- Translation
- Esther Tsao, Sheena Tam
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
1314FAMILYSTYLE
Joshua Gan13 Benn Street
London
E9 5SU
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