Project Detail

Sweetsick

Synopsis

A mercurial woman with a strange and piercing gift - the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost - sets out on a journey home.

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Director: Alice Birch 1st Feature
Producer: Theo Barrowclough, Cate Blanchett, Groombridge, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross
Screenwriter: Alice Birch
Principal cast: Cate Blanchett, Spike Fearn, Tilly Walker, Julia Westcott-Hutton

Genre

Drama Woman Director

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by Film4

A House Productions, Access Entertainment, Dirty Films production

House Productions

14a Clerkenwell Green
London
EC1R 0DP

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Sales Company

Searchlight Pictures

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www.searchlightpictures.com/

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