72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Apostasy

Daniel Kokotajlo
UK      96 m.
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As devout Jehovah's Witnesses, sisters Alex and Luisa and their mother, Ivanna, are united in The Truth. Alex looks up to her confident older sister, while striving to follow in Ivanna's footsteps as a 'good Witness'. But when Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders, she makes a life-altering transgression that threatens to expel her from the congregation. Unless Ivanna and Alex can persuade her to return, they must shun her completely. This challenge becomes more painful when their family is faced with another heartbreaking test of faith. Written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, a former Jehovah's Witness, Apostasy provides rare insight into the complex nature of faith, family, duty and love.

Director
Daniel Kokotajlo
Screenplay
Daniel Kokotajlo
Production
Frank & Lively Productions (United Kingdom)
Marcie MacLellan
Saddleworth Films LTD (United Kingdom)
Andrea Cornwell
Photography
Adam Scarth
Edition
Napoleon Stratgiannakis
Music
Matthew Wilcock
Cast
Siobhan Finneran, Molly Wright, Sacha Parkinson, Robert Emms
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Cornerstone Films
12 Sunray Avenue
SE24 9PY
London
United Kingdom
Running Time
96 m.
Country
UK
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