CARNIVAL

CARNIVAL

CARNIVAL tells the story of an absent mother returning to visit her young daughter. This is a testing time for Rochelle, she has to prove she has moved on from her wild and dangerous past in order to keep her ties to her daughter and build a future for both of them, together.

 Whilst at the carnival she meets the man from her past. She cannot afford to mess up this time otherwise she will face the prospect of losing access to her daughter forever. She must decide whether she wants to be a different, responsible mother or go back to her shady past. The choice she makes will determine her child’s future. With a cast of a thousand extras, CARNIVAL unfolds in the vibrant and colourful world of the St Pauls Caribbean Carnival in Bristol.

NADIA WILLIAMS

ED BROWNING

HANIYA LAMPKIN BERRY

[Rochelle]

TV includes: Broadchurch, The Sparticle Mystery, Mistresses, Extras, Losing It, Casualty. Theatre: Top Girls, I’m Not Running (National), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tobacco Factory), Phaedra’s Love (Bristol Old Vic/Barbican), Raising Kamila, After the Accident, One more Trick (Theatre West). Photo Credit: Brandon Bishop 2018.

[Darren]

Ed is known for his role as Paul Daniel in series 1-4 Poldark. He studied Performing Arts at City of Bath College and whilst there he won a BBC New Talent competition, which led to an opportunity to play a character in an episode of Doctors.  Ed was then offered the role of Curtis, in the popular Channel 4 comedy Teachers. Other credits include roles in Casualty, Green Green Grass and Honest. Ed has learnt all his skills “on the job” working with some fantastic and inspiring actors and directors.

[Soraya]

Haniya  loves acting and made her film debut aged 8 as Soraya in Carnival. She is an active member of the Theatre Studio Cheltenham where she has performed in numerous plays and was chosen to perform in a national commercial for teachers recruitment.  She is the youngest of four girls and has Guyanese, Swiss and Jamaican ancestry.

123 MEDIA

STUART NAPIER

JENNY DAVIS

MARI YAMAMURA

[Production Company]

123Media commissioned the short film Carnival to coincide with the 50^th Anniversary of the St Pauls African Caribbean Festival. 123 Media has produced award-winning broadcast and commercial content for many years. The company is also active in the publishing business. We represent many International book publishers and authors. 123 Media is committed to creating strong personal stories from original material.

[Director/Producer]

Stuart is an award winning director and editor. His skills have been recognised internationally, gaining a BAFTA nomination and winning the prestigious Wildscreen Award for editing.As a director Stuart has won the WOE Royal Television Society award for his documentary Wacky Racers and has been nominated for the WOE RTS on another three occasions.

His earlier short film Little White Lies starring Christine Bottomley and Joe McFadden was screened at festivals around the World and was longlisted for BAFTA.

[Writer]

Jenny Davis is a BBC Academy Graduate 2019/20 with CDS broadcast credits on BBC medical drama ‘Doctors’.

She is the founder of Missing Pieces, a Bristol based production company devoted to bringing Black theatre to a wider audience and she is the writer of  multiple short films and stage plays, including the award winning BAFTA longlisted short film ‘Little White Lies’ and the acclaimed  play ‘The Front Room.’

[Director of Photography]

Mari Yamamura worked as a 1st AC for over 13 years on TV dramas, features, commercials, corporate videos, documentaries and music videos before starting lighting and operating.  For the last five years, she has been developing her work as a DP.  She has shot a number of episodes of BBC ONE drama “Doctors” and shot her first feature “Kesulat” in 2016.  In the same year, a short piece “Gwynfor” was selected for BSC New Cinematographers Night screening. She has been a BAFTA Crew member since 2013.