Apostasy (Original title)Northern Lights (Working title)

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Dates: 2017 (Copyright), 2018 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Daniel Kokotajlo

Synopsis: A family is torn apart when a young woman becomes pregnant and is forced from their Jehovah’s Witness faith. Her sister and mother are encouraged to shun her, with elders of the religion displaying no sympathy for the challenges they face.

Genre: Drama

Subjects: Jehovah Witnesses, Pregnancy

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Releases
Date: June 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 27 July 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 14:9Runtime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): Urdu / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Curzon Artificial Eye

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©: iFeatures Limited, A Frank & Lively and iFeatures production: Frank & Lively, iFeatures, Made with the support of: Great Point Media, Developed with the assistance of: BBC Films, Made with the support of the: Creative England, BFI's Film Fund, present: Creative England, present: BBC Films, BFI, [presented] in association with: Oldgarth Media, Executive Producer: Christopher Moll, Executive Producer: Steve Jenkins, Executive Producer: Lizzie Francke, Executive Producer: Jim Reeve, Executive Producer: Christopher Granier-Deferre, Produced by: Marcie MacLellan, Produced by: Andrea Cornwell, Line Producer: Josh Dynevor, iFeatures development & Production Executive: Kate O'Hara, iFeatures Training Manager: Lisa Howe, Film Skills Co-ordinator: Jude Lister, Finance manager: Shereene Amer, Head of Acquisitions: Sue Deeks, Dirctor of BBC Films: Rose Garnett, Commissioning Executive: Joe Oppenheimer, Development Executive: Rowan Woods, Nichola Martin, Legal and Business Affairs manager: Helen Giles, Director of Lottery Film Fund: Ben Roberts, Development Executive: David Segal Hamilton, Production Manager: Emma Kayee, Head of Production Finance: Ian Kirk, Business Affairs Manager: Clare Coulter, For Oldgarth Media: Fergus Haycock, For Oldgarth Media: Laura Macara, For Oldgarth Media: Matt Stevens, For Oldgarth Media: Ellen Fraser, For Oldgarth Media: Kok-Yee Yau, John Alexander, Production Manager: James Youd, Production Accountant: Richard Everiss, Location Manager: Mike Higson, Assistant to the Producer: Ellen Ahn, Amelia Leeson, 1st Assistant Director: Ursula Haworth, 2nd Assistant Director: John Turner, 3rd Assistant Director: Lucy Gough-Jones, Additional 2nd/3rd AD: Michael Smith, Script Supervisor: Claire Chang, Casting Director: Michelle Smith, Casting Associate: Andrea Layfield, Script Editor: Lila Rawlings, Written by: Daniel Kokotajlo, Screenplay Developed by: Charlotte Wise, Director of Photography: Adam Scarth, Steadicam Operator: Alan Glover, Focus Puller: Eira Wyn Jones, Clapper/Loader: Dann Cooper, Digital Imaging Technician: Jim Smithers, Gaffer: Alice Wooldridge Stevens, Best Boy: Mike Johnson, Grip: Aaron Porter, Stills Photographer: Alex Hulsey, Visual Effects Producer: Jonathan Rawlinson, Special Effects: Scott McIntyre, Animator: Pascal Hervey, Editor: Napoleon Stratogiannakis, Production Designer: John Ellis, Art Director: Alice Webster, Buyer: Alice Webster, Costume Designer: Lance Milligan, Costume Supervisor: Aisling Bannon, Make-up & Hair Designer: Lisa Parkinson, Make-up Artist: Stephanie Lalley, End Credits: Hugo Alonso Larrinaga, Digital Intermediate Colourist: John Claude, Composer: Matthew Wilcock, Additional Music: Aleah Morrison-Basu, Music Supervisor: Tessa Harris, Music Supervisor: Mark Kirby, Score Mixer: Goetz Botzenhardt, Sound Recordist: David Ratcliffe, Boom Operator: Ruth Howard, Re-recording Mixer: Howard Bargroff, Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew Wilcock, Dialogue Editor: Marc Specter, Sound Effects Editor: Enos Desjardins, ADR Mixer: Dean Covill, Foley: Tapio Liukkonen, Action Vehicles: Neil Adams, Urdu Translator: Aqsa Ahmed, Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor

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Siobhan Finneran (Ivanna), Sacha Parkinson (Luisa), Molly Wright (Alex), Robert Emms (Steven), Poppy Jhakra (doctor), Claire Hackett (Deborah), Jacqueline Pilton (Sister Murphy), Wasim Zakir (Brother Jatin), Jessica Baglow (Cousin Michelle), Christian Foster (Barry), Bronwyn James (Chloe), Aqib Khan (Umar), James Quinn (Elder Brian), James Foster (Elder Alan), Robert Emms (Elder Steven), Clare McGlinn (Aunty Linda), Harrison Newell (boy Solomon), Kathleen Robb (young girl 1), Daisy Cooper-Kelly (young girl 2), Chris Lindon (Rory), Martin McDougall (film narrator), Lewis Fletcher (brother on stage)

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