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Gotta say 2026 has put an impressive dent in the bucket list and it’s only 2nd of Feb! 🙏🏻 Feeling extremely grateful. ❤️Huge love to @soholondonfilmfest for making this happen and @naki.narh for designing our OOH poster…

#filmposter #cinema #shortfilm #ooh
@samurai_productions

Gotta say 2026 has put an impressive dent in the bucket list and it’s only 2nd of Feb! 🙏🏻 Feeling extremely grateful. ❤️Huge love to @soholondonfilmfest for making this happen and @naki.narh for designing our OOH poster…

#filmposter #cinema #shortfilm #ooh
@samurai_productions

Gotta say 2026 has put an impressive dent in the bucket list and it’s only 2nd of Feb! 🙏🏻 Feeling extremely grateful. ❤️Huge love to @soholondonfilmfest for making this happen and @naki.narh for designing our OOH poster…

#filmposter #cinema #shortfilm #ooh
@samurai_productions

Gotta say 2026 has put an impressive dent in the bucket list and it’s only 2nd of Feb! 🙏🏻 Feeling extremely grateful. ❤️Huge love to @soholondonfilmfest for making this happen and @naki.narh for designing our OOH poster…

#filmposter #cinema #shortfilm #ooh
@samurai_productions

THANK YOU @hollywoodreporter ➡️link in bio.
And a HUGE thank you and congrats to every single person who helped this film become a reality. We can’t fit all the credits in this caption so go watch the trailer where you can see them all!
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.#cinema #shortfilm #filmmaking #bts #director #arri #film #writerdirector #thriller #movies #thehollywoodreporter

Festival run done! 9 selections. Gassed. A good dress-rehearsal for my next short film we’re making this year… 
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Link in bio if you want to watch it 😁
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Thanks go out to:

Poster by the one and only @mmmgodfrey

Dad @malcolm_gerrie
Mum @nima_the_tibby_puppy Mike Gardiner
James Preston
Jim Friend
Nonna Gianelli
Sam Sparrow @samsparrow___
Bob “tekkers” Dhaliwal
David Jones @djdjjonesey
Jodie Layton @jodie_layton
Claudia Headon
Katie Langton
Sam wiles
Jules Fuller
Aaron Mavinga @aaronofkong
Tracey Lloyd
The Menendez Brothers @themenendezbros
The whole team at the BBC involved in the broadcast.
Ken Bolam
Paul Parker
George Pritchard @georgewpritchard
Jack Cooke
Dan McKenzie @danmckc
Loui Brenan @lbfilms_
Freddie Barrie
Jamie Lewis
Rebekah Roy @rebekahfilmdr
Alpha Parish @alpha.nobeta
Jess shearing
Yasemin Rashid
Simon Alveranga @tingsagwaan
Alfie Jackson @enterjango

Festivals
@londonrocksfilms
@liftoffglobalnetwork
@scotlandifc
@sissfestival
@angaelicaartists
@southlondonfilmfestival
@tviff2023
@ignite_film_festival
@afmxnm

If I have forgotten your name please, please do not take it personally, as you can see many people helped me out on this project, over 10 years… and I only made this list from memory. Drop me a text and I’ll add you and apologise!

#piano #bbc #bbcone #bbcbreakfast #learnpiano #fatherson #surprise #jazzpiano #summertime #georgegershwin #selfteach #grandma #lockdown #nana #selftaught #director #cinema #doc #documentary #10years #festivalrun #festivalcircuit #laurels

🏆We’ve been shortlisted by the @_onepointfour awards!🏆 Grade by @frayedtee 🎨
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This is an especially big landmark when you consider the fact that all of the top production companies in the country enter the 1.4 awards every year! 🤯
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And our independent film is in there mixing it with the best of them! 🚀Huge congrats to everyone that made The Long Spring a possibility.
#shortfilm #cinema #awards #filmfestival

🏆WE CAN NOW ENTER THE BAFTAS!!!!!🏆
THANK YOU @thebuffawards we cannot wait to chop it up at @genesiscinema with you. The Long Spring TV series coming SOON. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🚀 📸BTS by @wisil.mitty
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#BUFF2026 #BUFF26 #ItsAllLove

WE OUTSIDE! I’m having so much fun developing the TV series for the long spring and I can’t wait for you to see what I’m cooking up. 🔥🔥🔥
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HUGE love to https://www.shoreditchbase.com for the ad space ❤️😍 also thank you for the incredible artwork @naki.narh 😍
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Once again a huge thank you to everyone who has been helping me along this journey with every effort big and small, I promise you all I will convert this momentumyou’ve helped me build up into a bad boy TV show as soon as humanly possible.
🚀LFG🚀
#levelup #director #screenwriter #tvseries

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Introducing the first film Final Frame supported as part of the 2025 cohort: Olly Ginelli’s powerful short ‘The Long Spring’. Fresh from its world premiere at the renowned Santa Barbara Film Festival, we’re excited to share the trailer here.

The film was inspired by Ginelli’s time volunteering at the Dunkirk refugee camp in France, when he met and became close friends with a Kurdish man, Saady, who was forced to flee the territorial control of ISIS with just the clothes on his back in 2015.

Synopsis: Arron has taken his younger sister Kika on a journey to a better life, but his youthful optimism may have overlooked one of the darkest possibilities on the planet.

The film was graded by OkayStudio’s colourist Fraser Twitchett.

Find out more at: finalframe.org

Director: @oginelli
DOP: @mkpcamera
Producer: Francesca Fogg
EP: @jackjackhoward
Colourist: @frayedtee
Colour Producer: @alexsblowers

More info & apply on: finalframe.org

Writer director @oginelli and producer @frankiefogg on the red carpet at Santa Barbara international film festival, telling the origins of the story and how they plan to make it into a 4 part limited TV series
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#Cinema #shortfilm #filmfestival #redcarpet

🪣 The bucket list getting smaller again. A huge thank you to the @officialsbiff team for looking after us ❤️, this festival is incredible, immaculately run by passionate + friendly cinema lovers. Also big love to the press for making us feel important despite sharing the carpet with industry titans.
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#filmfest #cinema #shortfilm #director

The instagram-trailer is here!

Written and Directed by OLLY GINELLI
Director of Photography MICHAEL KINSELLA-PERKS
Produced by FRANCESCA FOGG
Edited by HAYDEN J. WEAL
CAST
Arron WARREN MENDY | Kika ASSIBA BLEJAH | Nasser AYMEN HAMDOUCHI
Refugees FARIDA HADDAD, TAWANDA DENGA, RAINKA KAUR, SHEFA JABR, AMY ZHANG, FINN HOLMES, YASSINE MKHICHEN, LUCELIA AGOSTINHO
Traffickers ROBERT HOLMES, PRESLAV SHIPKALIEV, STEFAN MIHALAHE, TOM BRADY
Police Officers STEFAN MIHALAHE, IONUT PALIEV
CREW
Stunt Coordinator STEFAN MIHALAHE
Casting AISLING KNIGHT (CBA CASTING), TAMSYN MANSON
Executive Producers OLLY GINELLI, MAEVA DEMURGER, KARIM BIN AREIDA
Associate Producer MICHAEL KINSELLA-PERKS
1st AD KASHMAN HARRIS | 2nd AD JACK CHAMBERS
Production Manager KAMAL PATEL
Production Assistant ALFIE JACKSON
Directors Assistant/BTS Stills KOFI NTIFORO
Sound Recordist ALESSANDRA FASTO | Boom Op CARLA GERONIMI
Sound Designer & Re-recording Mixer RAOUL BRAND
Dialogue & SFX Editor ISABELL DERR
Composition JAMES PRESTON
Music “AMASIYARELI” + “TOILET SCENE” by THANDA CHOIR
Colour OKAY STUDIO | Colourist FRASER TWITCHETT
Colour Assistant NICOLE ANGLISS | Producer ALEX BLOWERS
Colour EP FRANKY CHADWICK, JACK HOWARD
Production Design JOSIE HUNTER, MADELEINE HUNTER
Art Director JACK NEEDELL | Set Dresser LUCY GARLAND
Art Assistant LUCAS CONTRERAS BROWN
Art Runners/Van Drivers ANDREA RATTI, ISSY HUMPHRIES
1st AC TOBY MCKAY, JACK BENTLEY | 2nd AC JAMES GROVES Camera Trainees FINN MULLINS, MAISY SIMMS
DIT MARK KOZLOWSKI | Kit Supplier JACK EXTON
Drone Pilot IBRAHIM SERRA (ASCENSION FILMS)
Drone Op NICHOLAS LAWSON
Grip HENRY STONE | Gaffer KIERAN BROWN
Electricians JOVAN LAWRENCE, CONNER BASKERVILLE, PETER TWITCHEN
Lighting Console Op EDDIE COOK | BTS Video BLY RICHARDS
Lighting Equipment SHL
Makeup & Hair Designer CLAIRE ANNE WILLIAMS
Makeup Supervisor KYM MENZIES FOSTER
Makeup & Hair Artist ABIGAIL ALEXANDER
Costume Designer IMI OZTAS
Costume Assistant JULIANNE GAZZINGAN
Translator CLARISSE ZAMBA | Lorry Driver ED POCKNEY
Runners OLIVER BRIGINSHAW, SEAN MCALINDEN, DAVID JONES, ANGELICA MERCATALI
Studio LONDON FILM STUDIOS
Location Management SARAH & CHRIS SOLE
Catering WOLF & LAMB #cinema #shortfilm

// ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER //

Olly’s first career was in-front of the camera as a professional breakdancer. During which time he learnt piano for 10 years in order to surprise his Dad live on BBC One with a performance for his birthday That documentary was broadcast on The Today Show and got over 30 million views online and accepted into 10 festivals.

Olly’s first ever feature script - which was only in its 3rd draft - was selected in the top 1% of 4287 submissions by the BBC Voices program 2023, confirming him as one of the UK’s top, up-and-coming screenwriters. He then raised £50k in private finance to make the proof of concept short, which was recently featured in The Hollywood Reporter and has just started its festival circuit with two selections in since September.

// ABOUT FINAL FRAME //

Final Frame is an industry-first initiative by @okaystudio, offering £100k of in-kind post-production support to the next wave of culture-defining filmmakers.

Find out more: finalframe.org @finalframefund

🔥Our US premiere is confirmed with @officialsbiff (OSCAR + BAFTA qualifying) 🔥🚀

To say it is an honour is a huge understatement, we CANNOT wait to be in California mixing it with so many filmmakers that have inspired us since we were children! 

#shortiflm #DIRECTOR #filmfest #cinema