Medea (dir. Riffy Ahmed)

We’re delighted to announce our upcoming short film, Medea, directed by Riffy Ahmed and starring Selina Jones as Medea.

The film is a reinterpretation of Euripides’s Medea from the perspective of a woman wronged and in search of revenge, exploring the themes of identity, roots and belonging.

After escaping from her homeland and now abandoned by the man she loves, Medea must find strength from within to fight against growing injustice - how far is she willing to go?

Follow @medea.thefilm on Instagram for updates.

Cast

Crew 

Directed by Riffy Ahmed

Adapted by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

‘Back Home’ Poem by Theophina Gabriel

Produced by Shivaike Shah

Executive Producer Avery Willis Hoffman

Script Editors Francesca Amewudah-Rivers & Shivaike Shah

Director of Photography Nathalie Pitters

Movement Director Monique Jonas 

Editor Ona Bartroli

Composer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Sound Design Yin Lee

Production Designer Melissa Grima

Costume Designer Leena Mistry

Line Producer Sid Elbadawi

First Assistant Director Georgia Harding

Colourist Caroline Morin @ Wash Colourists

VFX Nicola Borsari 

First Assistant Camera Tanmoye Khan

Second Assistant Camera Samara Addai 

Steadicam Operator Beau Pritchard 

Steadicam Assistant Toby Harvey

Camera Trainee Zainab Mahmood

Hair and Makeup Artist Zaynah Sanusi

Makeup Assistant Isabella Rooney Ramirez

Gaffer Krunal Saadrani

Sparks Jack Dorne, Dominic Harris & Tarrel Watson-Noel 

Sound Recordist Rajan Thandi

Boom Operator Dias Mussirov

‘I Wish’ Chorus performed by Selina Jones and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers 

Production Assistant Cara Vaitilingam 

Production Runner Zac Gbadebo 

Production Driver Junior Mtonga

Art Assistants Nana Quartey & Cheryl Lay 

Costume Assistant Danielle Knight

BTS Videographer/Photographer Adam Pietraszewski 

Pickups

First Assistant Camera Tanmoye Khan 

Second Assistant Camera Zoe Fayaud 

Gaffer Shaun Waldie 

Spark Charles Power 

Trainee Reuben Ben Saliym

With special thanks to

Brown Arts Institute 

Artist Council England

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Wash Colourists

Actors East Studios

With thanks to

Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge

Classical Association

Classical Association of the Atlantic States

Department of Classical Studies

Wellesley College Department of Classical Studies

University of Pennsylvania Classics Program

University of California, Davis Society of Classics Studies

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