top of page

Two Black Boys in Paradise

United Kingdom

SCREENING DATE

08.04 (WED)

PROGRAMME

BLOCK-04

CATEGORY

Animation Short

RELEASE

2025

RUNTIME

9 min

About the Creators

Narrator - Jordan Stephens

Writer (Based on the poem “Two Black Boys in Paradise”) - Dean Atta

Writer (Screenplay) - Baz Sells

Writer (Screenplay) - Ben Jackson

Writer (Screenplay) - Dean Atta

Director - Baz Sells

Producer - Ben Jackson

Executive Producer - Dean Atta

Executive Producer - Aoife Hayes

Executive Producer - Jenny Beckett

Executive Producer - Duncan Gaman

Supervising DOP - Ben Jones

Co DOP - Kevin Lawrence

Co DOP - Baz Sells

Co DOP - Jonathan Garvey

Technical Director - Jonathan Garvey

Additional Camera and Lighting - Dario Ciangherotti

Key Animator - Kecy Salangad

Key Animator - Aleksey Butorin

Key Animator - Anna Pearson

3D Animator - Duncan Rudd

Art Director - Sanna Booth

Production Designer - Lorna Bailey

Production Designer - Sanna Booth

Storyboard Artist - Avia Shelts Brown

Lead Model Maker - David Haworth

Lead Model Maker - Lucy Beckett

Lead Model Maker - Sanna Booth

Lead Model Maker - Lorna Bailey

Model Maker - Danielle Duncan Rosembert

Model Maker - Maddie Branagan

Model Maker - Karla Engstrom

Model Maker - Rachel Crook

3D and VFX Artist - Duncan Rudd

Lead Puppet Fabricator - Diane Dwyer

Peacock Designer and Fabricator - Andy Bell

Editor - Sam Hodge

Colourist - Nedeem Al Astrabadi

VFX - Affixxius FilmsVFX - Eliot Eden

Senior VFX and Compositing Artist for Affixxius - Andy Kiernan

Music and Sound - Picturesonix

Composer - Jasper Dent

Composer - Adam Grigg

Sound Design - Jasper Dent

Sound Design - Adam Grigg

Sound Design - Alex Bird

Music and Sound Executive Producer - RéY

Orchestrator - Tristan Noon

Orchestra - Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Ethnic Wind Player - Andrew Findon

Piano - Andrew Yeates

Vocals - Amie Blu

Score Recorded at - Abbey Road StudiosScore Recorded at - Masterchord Studios

Dula and Edan Nonverbal Sounds - Arun Blair Mangat

Re Recording Mixer - Alex Bird

Mixed at - Harbor

Production Consultant for the BFI - Helen Brunsdon

Production Executive - Charley Fox

About the Story

Lupo is a queer millennial filled with doubts and restlessness. He’s bored, frustrated, and unable to find peace. Meri tries to help, but when he meets Tancredi, everything breaks. Lupo feels inadequate and not right. He knows he’s not normal. Only being together makes him feel safe.

Film Trailer

bottom of page