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(2017) LÉO



Royal Television Society Student Awards Nomination 2018: Best Postgraduate Drama (1 out of 3 films in the UK).


Léo comes from a place where people do bad things to get ahead. He accepts a job smuggling a refugee couple through France. While on this seemingly simple journey Léo learns that the expectations he and his passengers carry are not in line. How far is Léo willing to go for these strangers he had no intention of helping.


Starring:

LÉO - Florent Hill

FATIMA - Houda Echouafni

OMAR - Ako Ali

POLICE OFFICER - Magali Muxart

ANGELO - Cedric Cirotteau

Man at the Petrol Station - Cameron Hutchinson

Ferry Security Guard 1 - Waqar Ahmed

British Police Officer 1 - Bruce Partleton

British Police Officer 2 - Julian Moore

Harbor Security Guard - Alan Atkins

Paramedic - Stefan Gambrell

Ferry Security Guard 2 - Dan Weldon

Crew:

Written and Directed by: Julian Alexander

Produced by: Pilar Cartró Benavides

Director of Photography: Luis Zarzo Escabias

Production and Costume Designer: Milda Baginskaite

Editor: Luis Zarzo Escabias

Music Composer: Kumar

Casting Director: Capucine Tavoillot

1st AD: Abhinav Dubey

2nd AD: Lola Rodrigues

Script Supervisor: Waqar Ahmed

Production Assistants: Savannah Bowskill, Emma Price, Daniel Hazam

Location Manager: Abhinav Dubey

Assistant Art Director: Vanessa Bamford

1st AC: Abigail Blacow, Philip Schröter

2nd AC: Laurence Good, Dahlia Al Janabi, Dean Anderson

Steadicam Operator: Laurence Good

Grip: Tom Ellis

Gaffer: Avinash Govindasamy

Sparks: Jake Regan, Will Sparkes, Hannah Holmes, Joseph Armstrong

Sound Recordist: Liam Gilchrist

Sound Editor: Antony Metaxakis

Sound Mixer: Gabriel Dutru

Hair & Make Up: Neda Sajadi, Lee Manning

Catering: Milda Baginskaite

DIT: Joseph Armstrong, Joseph Simmons

Colourist: Will Sparkes

Subtitles: Isabel Espejo

Graphic Designer: Jack White

Credit Designer: Milda Baginskaite

France Unit 1st AD: Capucine Tavoillot

DOP: Loulwa Beydoun

1st AC: Emmanuelle Benayoun

Music Arranger: Charis Richardson

Music Editor: Robert Davis

Musician - Percussion: Tenley Martin

Original Songs “Delta Plane”: S.E.A.R & Jacques Jupiter

“Mort dans le Dîne”: K-LY

“Numéro 5”: S.E.A.R

“Cuisine”: K-LY



OFFICIAL SELECTION





CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL (UK Premiere)

EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL (Egypt) - International/MENA Premiere

EAST END FILM FESTIVAL (UK) - Travelin' Thru Showcase

CAMERIMAGE FlLM FESTIVAL (Poland)

ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL (UK) - NAHEMI

AESTHETICA FILM FESTIVAL (UK) - NAHEMI

WASHINGTON IMMIGRATION FILM FEST (US)

​AGADIR FILM FEST (Morocco) - BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

KOLKATA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST (India) - BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

AWARD PARKFLIMMERN FILM FESTIVAL (Germany)

THE FESTIVAL DE TYO (France)

DURHAM REGION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-DRIFF(Canada) QUAESTIONENCURT FESTIVAL (Catalonia, Spain)

EUROPANORAMA 2018 (Norway)

START INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Azerbaijan)

EUROPANORAMA 2018 (Lebanon)

SOUQ FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)

INTERNATIONAL MOTION FESTIVAL (Cyprus)

HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)

LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (US)

BORDERLANDS FILM FESTIVAL (US)

EUROPANORAMA - 2019 (Austria)

CRYSTAL PALACE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (UK)

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL (US)

EUROPANORAMA 2019 (Latvia)

​CAMARTHEN BAY FILM FESTIVAL (UK)

FOUR CORNERS FILM FESTIVAL (US)

EL PASO FILM FESTIVAL (US)

SHARJAH FILM PLATFORM (United Arab Emirates)

EUROPANORAMA (Hungary)

EUROPANORAMA (Denmark)

SA INDY FEST (South Africa) ​



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