United States / Jan 16, 2013
When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction in this story about the old and the new.
17min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.
Genres
Fantasy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Jonah |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | Tanzania, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Factory Fifteen, Jellyfish Pictures, Shine Pictures, Stray Bear Productions, BFI |
| Official site | factoryfifteen.com |
| Release date | 16 gennaio 2013 |
| Executive producer | Chris Collins, Ollie Madden, Eva Yates, Philip Dobree |
| Production | Fiz Oliver, Ivana MacKinnon, Sarah Wheale |
| Writer | Jack Thorne |
| Casting | Shaheen Baig |
| Cinematography | Chloë Thomson |
| Assistant directors | Kibwe Tavares |
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| Camera operators | Chloë Thomson |
| Additional photography | Chloë Thomson |
| Production design | Paul Nicholls |
| Art direction | Paul Nicholls |
| Set decoration | Paul Nicholls |
| Visual effects | Paul Nicholls |
| Music | Mark Sayfritz |
| Sound | Mark Sayfritz |
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