BLACKWOOL | BAFTA Scotland Nominated Short Film

BAFTA Scotland Nominated: Best Short Film 2024
World Premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2023

On her first day at a high school in rural Scotland, a London teenager is targeted for her afro hair by the class clown and must harness her inner power.

Written & Directed by: Eubha Akilade
Produced by: Jack Gemmell, Sophie Chater

Naomi: Miriam Nyarko
Jonny: William Alexander
Miss Wilson: Lucianne McAvoy

Director of Photography: Andrew O’Connor
Casting Director: Anna Dawson
Editor: Mark Fraser
Composer: Taneka Miles
Production Designer: Iveta Smidt

Cara: Mollie Milne
Sophie: Rebecca Curbelo Valdivia
Tahira: Shirin Singh
Robert: Cormac MacLachlan
Simon: Piers Stewart
Gina: Brenda Vengsa
Voice of Gina: Zennie Boyd-Mackenzie

Dancers: Olivia Curbelo Valdivia, Christy Bullock-Walker, Amalie Holst, Cerys Tinney, Bailey
Conn, Elizabeth McBain

1st Assistant Director: Lee Preston
Art Director: Larisa Gormal
Costume Designer: Honor Anderson

Gaffer: Stewart Torley
Sound Recordist: David McKeitch, Aidan Lochrin (Dailies)
Focus Puller: Sil Derkx
2nd Assistant Camera: Ross Elliott, Spike Wright (Dailies)
Spark: Mondo Love
Digital Imaging Technician: Joel Rock
Script Supervisor: Erin McCardie
Production Coordinators: Anna Whealing, Alexandra Silverton
Runners: Amanda Ajomale, Kiet Pham
3rd Assistant Director: Andrew Malone
Costume Assistant: Heida Senkute
Specialist Hair Stylist: Helen McEwan
Makeup Designer: Rhona Stewart
Intimacy Coordinator: Georgia Alexandria Johnson
Choreographer: Rebecca Curbelo Valdivia
Medic: Amanda Digby

Stills Photographer: Shonagh Kelly

Colourist: Katie Dymmock
Colour Producer: Pete Burch

Online Editor: Jack Lang
Online Post Production: Brick + Mortar

Audio Post Production: Savalas
Dialogue: Micheal MacKinnon
Sound Design: Sam Biggs
Re-Recording Mixer: Leslie Liu

Illustrator: Jacqueline Briggs
Designer: Graham Anderson

Executive Producers: Gillian Berrie, Tiernan Kelly, Miriam Newman, Iria Pizania

Project Coordinator: Rachel Wilson
Development and Production Assistant: Balenji Mwiche

For Screen Scotland Executive Producer: Sean Greenhorn

Thanks: Christine Akilade, Fiona Gibson, Laurie Green, Michael Maxwell, Rachael Yates, Steve
Arthur, STV, Theatre Studio Agency, Victoria Allison