Guests | Racial tensions rise at a 1970s dinner party

Published: 30 May 2024
on channel: Short of the Week

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In 1972, A Nigerian woman hosts her English colleague for dinner in the hope of getting her prideful husband a job.

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Dir. Timi Akindele-Ajani
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A period piece tackling modern themes, Timi Akindele-Ajani’s Guests transports it viewers to ‘70s London as we join a Nigerian couple welcoming an English colleague, and his partner, into their home for dinner. With its focus on dialogue and performance, Guests unfolds as a gripping domestic drama, confined to a single location yet echoing broader societal issues. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday

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CREDITS

Writer/Director: Timi Akindele Ajan
Producer: Morgan Faverty, Earleatha Oppon

Executive Producers: Paida Mutonono & Jake Evans
Production Company: Pavilion Works
Supported by The BFI Network

Featuring: Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Michael Fatogun George Somner, Abigail Corbett

Director Of Photography: Stephen James Dunn
Editor: Lorene Dewett
Casting Director: Monica Siyanga
Production Designer: Elena Muntoni
Costume Designer: Nina Sobers
Make-Up And Hair Designer: Claire Anne Williams

Production Manager: Cree Brown
1st Assistant Director: Gizem Kuru
Focus Puller: Anthony Mchugh
Clapper Loaders: Josh Ighodaro, Chris Orr
Script Supervisors: Sergio Jaen Jake Arnold
Sound Recordist: Ryan Beauchamp
Runner: Lisa Sau
Gaffers: Krunal Saadrani, Pete Musgrave
Sparks: Dom Harris, Cameron Houston
Key Grips: Henry Carter, Brad Sinclair
Steadicam Operator: Rupert Peddle
Art Department Assistants: Shania Mae Wright, Tatyana Rutherston, Amissah Annorbah-Sarpei
Stills Photographer: Eric Aydin Barberini
Bts Director: Rosa Kimosa
Bts Camera: Giovanni Edwards
Camera Transportation Teigh C/O Scene Covered Transport
Stunt Car Hire: James Shepherd
Catering By: Ahmisa Vegan Cafe

Colourist: Connor Coolbear
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth
VFX Artist: Harry Fleeting
2d Artist: Nielsan Bohl

Composer: Jo Paterson
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer: Ines Adriana
Adr Recorded At Noatune Studios
Titles & Poster: Designer Callum Richards

For Bfi Network
Executive Producer – Aaliah Simpson
Project Coordinator – Niamh Coogan

Music
“Somebody Find Me Trouble”
Performed By Bola Johnson

“Buroda Mase”
Performed By Bola Johnson

With Special Thanks To
Rosa Kimosa
Hana Elias
Tom Mastin Lee
Siji Akindele Ajani
Toluwa Akindele-Ajani
Tomisin Ajani
Dubheasa Lanipekun
Gavin Dunn
Cora Kirk
Danny Hayward

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.