The Wasp (or The Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself)
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 13 min 6 sec
- Format
- 16mm, 23:5 scope
- Director
-
Cass Virdee
- Producer
- Dylan Gillah
- Editor
- Suzy Shepard
- Screenwriter
- Tommy Hurst
- Director of Photography
- Catherina Scarpellini
- Production Designer
- Michela Negretto
- Sound
- Sandro Poppkhadze
- Composer
- Håvard Olsen
- Principal cast
- Laurie Kynaston, Kenneth Collard
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- N/A
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
Sales Company
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
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