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

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Watersmeet Productions

Flat 17 Hermes House
Josephine Avenue
London
SW2 2JG

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