Project Detail

The Rev

Synopsis

Reverend Neil's life was once filled with frivolity and funk music. Now it's bingo and ready meals. So he decides to indulge his inner disco diva one more time.
Iris Prize Nomination 2022

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins 3 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Fabia Martin
Producer: Sara Archer, Jack Holden, Alastair Mavor, Emma Wellbelove
Co-Producer: Kristy Price
Executive Producer: Joy Gharoro-Akpojoto, Mathieu Ajan, Peter Flockheart, Christain Zeise
Editor: Chloe Hardwick
Screenwriter: Fabia Martin
Director of Photography: Henry Lockyer
Production Designer: Meryn Cobbin
Sound: Michalianna Theofanopoulou
Composer: Joseph Alexander
Principal cast: Jack Holden, Sally Sanders, Chris Gallarus, Imogen Smith

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Woman Director Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Watersmeet Productions

Flat 17 Hermes House
Josephine Avenue
London
SW2 2JG

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Needlemouse Ltd

3 Tredegar Terrace
London
E3 5AH

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