A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.
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- Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 37 nominations.
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Sope Dirisu | ... |
Bol Majur
(as Sopé Dìrísù)
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Wunmi Mosaku | ... |
Rial Majur
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Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba | ... |
Nyagak
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Matt Smith | ... |
Mark Essworth
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Javier Botet | ... |
The Witch
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Yvonne Campbell | ... |
South Sudanese Woman
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Vivienne Soan | ... |
Neighbour
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Lola May | ... |
Nyagak's Mother
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Kevin Layne | ... |
The Cameroonian
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Maureen Casey | ... |
Detention Custody Officer
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Homer Todiwala | ... |
Iraqi Man
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Dominic Coleman | ... |
Lead Officer
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Sally Plumb | ... |
Secondary Officer
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Roland Manookian | ... |
Barber
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Andy Gathergood | ... |
Church Man
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Rasaq Kukoyi | ... |
William
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Gamba Cole | ... |
George
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Bradley Banton | ... |
Phillip
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Emily Taaffe | ... |
Dr. Hayes
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Ian Horgan | ... |
Adam 'CIS'
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Perry Warner | ... |
Burly Officer
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Mevis Birungi | ... |
Aid Worker
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John Kamau | ... |
Aid Worker #2
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Destiny Okoh | ... |
Smuggler
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Steven Blakeley | ... |
Suit #1
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Tabitha Wady | ... |
Suit #2
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Kyna Boyle | ... |
Teenage Girl
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Julius Reuben | ... |
Ghost
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Lanre Olagoke | ... |
Ghost
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Adwoa Brown | ... |
Ghost
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Mark Gooden | ... |
Ghost
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Rita Laker-Acaye | ... |
Ghost
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Simon Akinwunmi | ... |
Ghost
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Mikey Adewunmi | ... |
Ghost
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Yasmine Smith | ... |
Ghost
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Cornell John | ... |
The Witch (voice)
(as Cornell S. John)
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Aliyah Sesay | ... |
Nyagak (voice)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Vivien Bridson | ... |
The Queen (uncredited)
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Rene Costa | ... |
Pub Hooligan (uncredited)
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Ty Hurley | ... |
Driver (uncredited)
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Nasir Jama | ... |
Scare (uncredited)
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Swaylee Loughnane | ... |
Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Bharat Mistri | ... |
Working Class Pub Football Fan (uncredited)
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Matt Townsend | ... |
Next Door Neighbour (uncredited)
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Gillian Vassilliou | ... |
Passerby (uncredited)
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Scott Michael Wagstaff | ... |
The Creature (uncredited)
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Dave Watts | ... |
Working Class Pub Football Fan (uncredited)
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Lee Westwick | ... |
Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Directed by
Remi Weekes | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
Remi Weekes | ... | (screenplay by) |
Felicity Evans | ... | (story by) & |
Toby Venables | ... | (story by) |
Produced by
Alden Dalia | ... | co-producer |
Aidan Elliott | ... | producer (produced by) |
Martin Gentles | ... | producer (produced by) |
Mark Huffam | ... | executive producer |
Ed King | ... | producer (produced by) (as Edward King) |
Roy Lee | ... | producer (produced by) |
Natalie Lehmann | ... | executive producer |
Stuart Manashil | ... | executive producer |
Arnon Milchan | ... | producer (produced by) |
Yariv Milchan | ... | executive producer |
Michael Schaefer | ... | executive producer |
Steven Schneider | ... | executive producer |
Eva Yates | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Roque Baños | ... | (music by) |
Cinematography by
Jo Willems | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Julia Bloch | ... | film editor |
Editorial Department
Tom Alexander | ... | digital intermediate editor |
Victoria Bate | ... | first assistant editor |
Elliot Bick | ... | data management |
Nikola Boyanov | ... | assistant editor |
Annalisa Boyd | ... | first assistant editor |
Sam Chynoweth | ... | color workflow supervisor |
Jo Dale | ... | vfx editor |
Scott P. Fraser | ... | post-production coordinator |
Jonny Garbutt | ... | digital intermediate consultant |
Begoña Lopez | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Mary Lukasiewicz | ... | assistant editor |
Jason T. Morrow | ... | producer: dailies |
Ian Mosedale | ... | digital intermediate technical supervisor |
Julio C. Perez IV | ... | additional editor |
Maikel Popic | ... | dailies operator |
Robert Siddall | ... | head of engineering |
John Paul Ungaretti | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Carmen Cuba | ... | (casting by) |
Salah Benchegra | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Jacqueline Abrahams |
Art Direction by
Thalia Ecclestone | ||
Matt Fraser |
Set Decoration by
Sam Barbic |
Costume Design by
Holly Rebecca |
Makeup Department
Nezha Aouis | ... | makeup artist: Morocco (as Nazha Aouis) |
Kessiah Arthur | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Helena Card | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Daniel Carrasco | ... | creaturer designer: DDT sfx |
Tamara Ramsey Crockett | ... | hair stylist (as Tamara Ramsey-Crockett) / key hair stylist: additional photography (as Tamara Ramsey-Crockett) / key makeup artist: additional photography (as Tamara Ramsey-Crockett) / makeup artist |
Julian Hutcheson | ... | silicon runner for DDT |
Femi Konteh | ... | hair stylist: additional photography / hair trainee / makeup artist: additional photography / makeup trainee |
Andrea Leanza | ... | dentures maker: DDT / key prosthetics painter: DDT |
Chris Lyons | ... | special effects teeth |
Sharon Martin | ... | hair designer (as Sharon A. Martin) / makeup designer (as Sharon A. Martin) |
Horacio Martinez | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Sara Menitra | ... | hair stylist (as Sara Denitra) / makeup artist (as Sara Denitra) |
Khadija Najahi | ... | hair stylist: Morocco / key makeup artist |
Sangeet Prabhaker | ... | prosthetic makeup artist |
Toran Tanner | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Amie Turnbull | ... | hair trainee: additional photography (as Amié Turnbull) / makeup trainee: additional photography (as Amié Turnbull) |
Production Management
Carolyn Cury | ... | post production executive |
Tony Davis | ... | production manager |
Jules Powell | ... | unit production manager: additional photography |
Jonathan Scott | ... | production manager |
James Smith | ... | unit production manager |
Mylan Stepanovich | ... | executive in charge of production |
Emma Zee | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amirkarim -Elbachari | ... | assistant director |
Glen Carroll | ... | first assistant director: splinter unit |
Mouhssine El Badaoui | ... | first assistant director: Morocco |
Talal El Moustaghfir | ... | second unit |
Abdelghafar Essalfi | ... | second assistant director |
Sara Harrak | ... | third assistant director |
Isabelle Christiane Kouraogo | ... | trainee assistant director |
Mina Mouiz | ... | third assistant director |
Charles Obaro | ... | assistant director |
Aissa Ouyous | ... | assistant director |
Nick Shuttleworth | ... | first assistant director |
Toby Spanton | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Samantha Barbic | ... | set dresser |
Rob Bliss | ... | concept artist |
Sophie Frances Coates | ... | art department assistant |
Betane Driss | ... | art department |
Mark Earles | ... | standby props |
Mohamed El Barj | ... | art department coordinator |
Nick Fenner | ... | dressing props |
Oz Gani | ... | Framestore London: Creature Design |
Paul Gunner | ... | painter |
Sean Harland | ... | model maker |
Jack Hawthorn | ... | assistant art director |
Jo Hawthorne | ... | construction manager |
Felicity Hickson | ... | graphic artist |
Timeyin Jones | ... | props (as Timayne Jones) |
Neneh Lucia | ... | assistant art director |
Imogen McGrath | ... | draughtsperson |
Aoife McKim | ... | production buyer |
Garry Moore | ... | standby carpenter |
David Pearce | ... | scenic painter |
Adam Pescott | ... | storyboard artist |
Soukaina Rezzak | ... | set dresser |
Claire Strickland | ... | puppet maker |
Beau Vance | ... | standy props |
Emily Woodward | ... | stand-by art director |
Nour El Houda Zyati | ... | set dresser |
Sam Barbic | ... | Set Dresser (uncredited) |
Georgia Fearnley | ... | Prop Maker (uncredited) |
William Wright | ... | playback technician: Compuhire (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jen Annor | ... | second assistant sound (as Jennifer Annor) |
Frank Barlow | ... | First assistant sound additional photography |
Adrian Bell | ... | sound mixer |
Adam Bourne | ... | foley editor |
Robby Brown | ... | foley mixer |
Peter Burgis | ... | foley artist |
Scott Cannizzaro | ... | adr mixer |
Federico Costantini | ... | re-recording mixer: italian |
Glenn Freemantle | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
Nick Freemantle | ... | sound editor |
Rebecca Heathcote | ... | foley artist |
Mark Heslop | ... | sound designer |
Frank Kruse | ... | supervising sound editor & sound designer |
Steve Little | ... | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
Tatjana Makrykostas | ... | assistant mix technician (as Tatjana Tasic) |
Robert Malone | ... | sound effects editor |
Helen Miles | ... | sound mix technician |
Keith Morrison | ... | 2nd assistant sound dailies |
Brendan Nicholson | ... | dialogue editor / re-recording mixer |
Anthony Nolan | ... | ADR recordist/editor |
Christoph Oertel | ... | foley mixer |
Richard Pryke | ... | re-recording mixer |
Carsten Richter | ... | foley artist |
Adam Ridge | ... | Key 1st Assistant Sound |
Nick Roberts | ... | adr mixer |
Alex Robson | ... | sound mix technician |
Tristan Rose | ... | adr recordist |
Kuen-Il Song | ... | foley editor |
Markus Stemler | ... | sound designer |
Ivor Talbot | ... | sound mixer additional photography |
Hanse Warns | ... | foley mixer |
Kirsty Wright | ... | 2nd assistant sound: dailies |
Lee Grainge | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Mohamed Ali Aqermim | ... | special effects coordinator |
Hollie Arbones | ... | special effects crew |
Xavier Bastida | ... | special makeup effects: DDT SFX (as Xavi Bastida) |
Laura Davison | ... | special effects buyer |
Jason McCameron | ... | special effects co-supervisor |
Fraser McKay | ... | special effects assistant |
José M. Meneses | ... | special effects makeup: DDT SFX Crew |
Bernard Newton | ... | senior special effects technician |
Stefano Pepin | ... | special effects supervisor |
Nick P. Phillips | ... | special effects floor supervisor |
Ronnie Rackley | ... | special effects technician |
John Schoonraad | ... | special effects: prosthetic dummies |
Max Schoonraad | ... | special effects supervisor |
Richard Stanbury | ... | special effects senior technician |
Sam Stoll | ... | special effects crew |
Leon Wright | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Kate Auld | ... | digital compositor: Cumulus VFX |
Nina Chlodnik | ... | visual effects artist |
Dan Churchill | ... | visual effects artist |
Christiant D'Alberto | ... | senior compositor framestore tv |
Jo Dale | ... | visual effects editor |
Alex Drinkall | ... | capture technician: Clear Angle Studios |
Gerard Dunleavy | ... | senior digital matte painter |
Nick Feldman | ... | visual effects editor |
Safiya Gili | ... | Senior Compositor: In-house |
Christopher Gray | ... | visual effects producer |
Rick Harris | ... | lidar lead: Clear Angle Studios |
Chuan Jin | ... | compositor |
Gabrielle Joosten | ... | visual effects producer |
Mia Lalanne | ... | visual effects line producer |
Andrea Lazzarini | ... | visual effects artist |
Marco Lee | ... | visual effects artist: Clear Angle Studios |
Allen Maris | ... | visual effects consultant |
Stuart Partridge | ... | senior compositor |
Viral Patel | ... | Compositing Supervisor / lead compositor |
Alexia Paterson | ... | visual effects line producer |
Catherine Pavitt | ... | visual effects producer |
Benjamin Perry | ... | visual effects shoot producer |
Saruta Puff Pisanwalerd | ... | additional vfx shoot supervisor / compositing supervisor |
Tim Pruce | ... | lead: Framestore IA |
Marc-Olivier Rouleau | ... | pipeline technical director |
Pedro Sabrosa | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Alicia Saleh | ... | layout TD |
Jean-Clement Soret | ... | digital colourist |
Joseph Stenning | ... | digital compositor |
Joseph Taylor | ... | digital compositor |
Matthew Thomas | ... | compositor |
Delphine Volny | ... | visualization coordinator |
James M.H. Wong | ... | Assistant VFX Editor: Framestore |
Mark Yfantidis | ... | digital compositor |
Stunts
Gordon Alexander | ... | stunts |
Gary Arthurs | ... | stunts |
Karanja Augostos | ... | stunts (as Karanja Yorke) |
Thomas Billings | ... | stunts |
Marvin Campbell | ... | stunts (as Marvin Stewart-Campbell) |
Marc Cass | ... | stunt coordinator |
Abigail Coniah | ... | stunts |
Jason Curle | ... | stunts |
Ben Dimmock | ... | stunts |
Ben Essex | ... | stunts |
Sofian Francis | ... | stunts |
Martin Gordon | ... | stunts |
Tommera Hendricks | ... | stunts |
Maria Hippolyte | ... | stunts |
Charles Jarman | ... | stunts |
André Layne | ... | stunts (as Andre Layne) |
Peter Liddell | ... | double: Witch |
Rashid Phoenix | ... | stunts |
Andy Pilgrim | ... | stunts |
Laurent Plancel | ... | stunts |
Ace Ruele | ... | stunts |
Anton Simpson-Tidy | ... | stunts |
Faycal Attougui | ... | assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited) |
Brahim Boukhizzou | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Youssef Marchouki | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Abdellah Ouksih | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
El Mokhtar Aboukal | ... | video playback assistant |
Yassine Abounouom | ... | best boy electric |
Youssef Ahbid | ... | dolly grip |
Ben Appleton | ... | digital imaging technician |
Simon Baker | ... | camera operator / steadicam operator |
Abdellah Chelif | ... | lighting technician |
Scott Clooney | ... | electrician |
Dick Conway | ... | lighting technician |
Anthony Cupples | ... | rigging electrician |
Ian Dobbs | ... | video operator |
Jason Ellis | ... | B Camera Operator |
Brendan Fitzgerald | ... | standby rigger |
Adam Forrest | ... | video assistant |
Harry Gay | ... | lighting technician |
Scot Gill | ... | hod rigger |
Nick Gray | ... | DIT assistant: dailies |
Hassan Hajhouj | ... | key rigging grip |
Nichola Pan Hao | ... | camera trainee |
János Jack | ... | digital imaging technician |
Dora Krolikowska | ... | first assistant camera: B camera |
Nathan Mann | ... | focus puller a camera |
Peter Marsden | ... | digital imaging technician: additional photography |
Driss Marzak | ... | gaffer |
Aidan Monaghan | ... | still photographer |
Rob Osborne | ... | rigging chargehand |
Sandra Pennington | ... | Additional Photography: A Camera 2nd AC |
Sam Phillips | ... | key grip |
Jack Sands | ... | second assistant camera: b camera |
Clare Seymour | ... | second assistant camera: "a" camera |
Jonathan Spencer | ... | gaffer |
Steven Toft | ... | video operator: Morocco unit |
Neil Tomlin | ... | libra technician dailies |
Jamie Whickman | ... | rigging gaffer |
Anthony Willis | ... | rigging electrician |
Casting Department
Salah Benchegra | ... | local casting: Morocco (as Salaheddine Benchegra) |
Jamie Ember | ... | casting assistant |
Saad Fekhari | ... | casting coordinator: Morocco |
Judith Sunga | ... | casting assistant |
Gemma Sykes | ... | casting associate: UK |
Saad Fekhari | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Othmane Ajana | ... | costumer |
Sekina Baker | ... | Daily Costume Buyer |
Rebecca Cunningham | ... | costume supervisor: United Kingdom |
Rae Harrison Doyle | ... | costume daily |
Zineb El Idrissi | ... | costume supervisor |
Filipa Fabrica | ... | assistant costume designer |
Jennifer Geach | ... | costume buyer / principal costume standby |
Jules Hindess | ... | junior costume assistant |
Jenny Jarvis | ... | costume daily |
Fran Jegarajasegaram | ... | Key Breakdown/Textile Artist (as Fran Jegar) |
Natasha Kutrovacz | ... | crowd costume assistant |
Jessica Lennon | ... | costume standby |
Ruth Mongey | ... | head cutter |
Sarah Deans | ... | crowd costume daily (uncredited) |
Location Management
Simon Cullen | ... | locations scout |
Tom Davey | ... | assistant location manager |
Tabitha Denny-Northover | ... | location assistant |
Souheil Hallaoui | ... | location manager supervisor |
Luke Stevenson | ... | location manager |
Jacqui Sweeney | ... | location assistant |
Georgette Turner | ... | supervising location manager |
Music Department
Kwaku Agyemang | ... | vocalist (as Kwaku Agyeman) |
Christine Bergren | ... | music clearance and legal |
Ken Burton | ... | vocalist |
Louise Burton | ... | additional music editor |
Ginés Carrión | ... | orchestrator |
Ben Cherney | ... | synth programmer |
Aba Taano Choir | ... | vocalist |
Paul Clarvis | ... | musician: percussion |
Tessy Díez | ... | music producer |
Catherine Grieves | ... | music consultant |
Tunde Jegede | ... | musician: koras |
Stephen Lipson | ... | score mixer |
Xavi Lozano | ... | musician: flute |
Mark Lupescu | ... | musician: koras |
Olu Seidende | ... | vocalist |
Neil Stemp | ... | music editor |
Graham Sutton | ... | music editor |
Antonio Sánchez Barranco | ... | musician: percussion (as Antonio Sanchez Barranco) |
Phillip Yeboah | ... | vocalist (as Philip Yeboah) |
Laurence Ungless | ... | musician: double bass (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Lucy Ward | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Michael Geary | ... | picture car supervisor |
Andrew James | ... | Driver to Sope Dirisu |
Simon Jones | ... | transportation captain |
David Kipling | ... | unit driver |
Michael Kirkman | ... | unit driver |
Steven Ribeiro | ... | unit driver: re-shoots |
Khalid Smour | ... | picture car coordinator |
Additional Crew
Ayo Akingbade | ... | assistant to director |
Shuku Anderson | ... | production assistant |
Hector Andreu | ... | cashier |
Will Atlas | ... | assistant: Mr. Milchan |
Geraldine Atlee | ... | head of legal and business affairs: BBC |
Michael Bond | ... | medic: construction |
Milouda Bouih | ... | unit Nurse |
Aziz Bousfiha | ... | production accountant |
Victoria Colwill | ... | crowd pa: dailies |
Ian Creed | ... | marine supervisor |
Alex Critchley | ... | floor runner |
Devis Damonte | ... | payroll accountant |
Michael Desimone | ... | Office Production Assistant: Additional Photography |
Kathrine Fail | ... | travel manager |
James Fox | ... | insurance broker |
Samantha Gardner | ... | 1st assistant accountant |
Kevin Greutert | ... | creative consultant |
Andrew Hill | ... | financial controller |
Annabelle Hood | ... | key floor runner |
Mark D. Houston | ... | post accountant |
Natalia Ibanez | ... | accounts clerk ap / assistant accountant |
Richard Jay | ... | main unit medic |
Nazha Kajja | ... | production coordinator |
Emma Kayee | ... | Production Executive: BBC Film |
Alex MacLean | ... | crowd pa (as Alex John MacLean) |
Andy Piers Morris | ... | skipper |
Matthew Moss | ... | production secretary |
Mawan Muortat | ... | consultant: South Sudan |
Martin Ng Wong | ... | production secretary: additional photography |
Daniel Rogers | ... | health and safety adviser |
Zabarjad Budgie Salam | ... | dialect coach (as Zabarjad Salam) |
Nabila Samih | ... | production secretary |
Samuel Sharpe | ... | production coordinator |
Hannah Shipley | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Amy Sparling | ... | accounting clerk |
George Telfer | ... | production assistant |
Victoria Vanderlinden | ... | ap accountant |
Ellen Whiston | ... | tutor |
Victoria White | ... | payroll clerk |
Lucy Whitton | ... | researcher |
Richard Wild | ... | weather consultant |
Thanks
Roxana Adle | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Michael Collins | ... | the producers wish to thank: Right to Remain |
Maddy Crowther | ... | the producers wish to thank: Waging Peace |
Paul Federbush | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Metifa Easmon George | ... | the producers wish to thank |
John Hassay | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Julia Reed | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Elizabeth Rowin | ... | special thanks |
Joe Walker | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Production Companies
- Regency Enterprises
- BBC Film (in association with)
- New Regency Productions
- Vertigo Entertainment
- Starchild Pictures
Distributors
Special Effects
- DDT Efectos Especiales (special effects makeup)
- 9mm SFX (lenses)
- Framestore (visual effects)
- Cheap Shot (additional visual effects)
- Matter SFX (special effects)
Other Companies
- Abbey Road Studios (music recording facility)
- Casting Collective (extras casting)
- Dune Films (production services: Morocco)
- Fatts (post -production script services)
- PMA Production (electronic press kit)
- Season 1 (catering)
- Soundtrack New York (adr facility)
- Sundance Film Festival (festival)
- Team Engine (production software provided by)
- The Movie Lot (security)
- The Movie Lot (traffic management)
- Tonstudio Hanse Warns (foley stage)
- Universal Extras (extras casting)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | While researching his screenplay, Remi Weekes was struck by how many immigrants were sold on coming to the United Kingdom because it's the land of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and the royal family. In reality, for immigrants, it's grey concrete housing estates in deprived areas, something that he wanted to visually bring to his film. See more » |
Goofs | The color of the front door changes from maroon from when they first move in to white when she leaves to go to the market for the first time. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in His House (2020) Ending Explained (2020). See more » |
Soundtracks | Fixing Love in Me See more » |
Quotes |
Bol:
Your ghosts follow you. They never leave. They live with you. It's when I let them in, I could start to face myself. See more » |