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First look photo for Sophie Hyde's "Jimpa", John Lithgow and Olivia Colman (2024)

JIMPA

Closer Productions (SA), Mad Ones Films, Viking Film

IN PRODUCTION: Jimpa tells of film director Hannah (Olivia Colman) and her non-binary teenager Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) who travel to Amsterdam to visit Frances’ beloved gay grandfather “Jim-pa” (John Lithgow). When Frances yearns to stay with Jim for their final year of school, Hannah has to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and confront old stories about her relationship with her father. Also stars Daniel Henshall (The Royal Hotel), Kate Box (Erotic Stories), Eamon Farren (The Witcher), Cody Fern (American Horror Story), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (I Am Woman), Deborah Kennedy (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart), Hans Kesting (Nr. 10), Zoë Love Smith (Skam NL), Romana Vrede (I Don’t Wanna Dance), Jean Janssens (Campus 12) and Frank Sanders (The Rozettes musical).

PRODUCER: Liam Heyen, Marleen Slot, Bryan Mason (SA), Sophie Hyde (SA)

DIRECTOR: Sophie Hyde (SA)

WRITER: Sophie Hyde (SA), Matthew Cormack (SA)

MORE INFORMATION: READ THE MEDIA RELEASE