Two Black Boys in Paradise
Synopsis
Official Selection Tampere Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 - National premiere
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 min
- Director
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Baz Sells
- Producer
- Ben Jackson
- Executive Producer
- Dean Atta, Aoife Hayes, Jenny Beckett, Duncan Gaman
- Editor
- Sam Hodge
- Screenwriter
- Baz Sells, Ben Jackson, Dean Atta
- Director of Photography
- Supervising DoP: Ben Jones; Co-DoPs: Kevin Paul Lawrence, Baz Sells, Jonathan Garvey
- Production Designer
- Lorna Bailey, Sanna Räsänen
- Sound
- Picturesonix; Sound Design: Jasper Dent, Adam Grigg, RéY, Alex Bird
- Music
- Jasper Dent, Olanrewaju Diko, Adam Grigg
- Principal cast
- Jordan Stephens
- Key Animators
- Kecy Salangad, Aleksey Butorin, Anna Pearson
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI Short Form Animation Fund
One6th Limited
Studio 216AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard Street
Manchester
M4 7JA
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