Longshot
a film by Kato Murphy
2023

A boy is said to be able to score a miraculous basketball shot. Submitted and screened at the ’23 Cannes Festival as part of the top 8 of Straight8 film competition, captured on one roll of Super8 film with in-camera editing.

directed and shot by
Kato Murphy

producer & snoopy chauffeur
Catherine Yeats

first assistant director
Joe Starrs

vibe coordinator & nun
Klara Rychtarčiková

executive producer & DIT
Szymon Wyrzykowski

key grip & priest
Finbarr Pine

remote head operator
Ethan Piggott

unit stills photographer
Brandon Eddie

2nd unit gaffer
Matt Butler

sound designer
Saigon Fury

with wonderful cast:
albert rice as holy child
georgia slowe as mother slowe
klára rychtarčiková as sister rychtarcikova
lina portnova as sister portnova
barbara wrona as sister wrona
finbarr pine as father pine
szymon wyrzykowski as st wyrzykowski (patron saint of the xxhash verification)
milo ‘boris’ black as himself
brandon eddie as himself
ram mirzamagomedov as news presenter
richie mcdonald as snake plissken

and townspeople:
alice fleur
betty murphy
catharina & tanmoye
d’dan
dimi vakrilov
ed lomas
frankie harrold
isla nelson
jake & erin
jake sidwell
jazz & niko
leo gigante
lorenzo canci
matt watson
paul & yol
rebecca & fin
rudy
sophie nelson
tanya brett
zeevah & eleanor

with special thanks to:
adrian cousins
alix milan
al rice
evan bridges
helen dulay
genesis cinema
the glitch collective
giovanni mattei
jaden hinkson
josh davies
kristina pringle
mahdy mahmoudy
mike ballard
pink flamingo hire
sid arthur
tower hamlets film office

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