Parasocial (2026)
After achieving breakout success in Hollywood, actor Claire Watson returns to her childhood friends for a dinner party, hoping for a brief escape from the exhaustion of fame. Instead of a warm welcome of familiarity, she is met with an unsettling intensity. Their nostalgia feels rehearsed, their admiration excessive, and a sentimental presentation of their past becomes uncomfortably centred on Claire’s fame. Claire's perspective on her past must be confronted, as this is not what she remembers it being like, where her friends always this way? As the night wears on, small disturbances escalate into violence as the group reveal their true nature. She must now not only battle her conflicting thoughts on nostalgia but also for her own life, as her friends shed any resemblance of humanity and become parasites willing to do whatever it takes to drag Claire to their level.
Director:
Adam Slater
Writer:
Sam Campbell
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Sarah Coyne as Claire Watson |
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Felix Kennedy Somerville as Mark Gannon |
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Jazahme Belmont as Peter Johnson |
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Freya O’Horo as Sophie Lewis |
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David Virgo as Craig Larsen |
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Gordon Millar as Robert Ellis |
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Alistair Williams as Taxi Driver |
| Directing | Adam Slater | Director |
| Production | Ryan Phillips | Producer |
| Writing | Sam Campbell | Screenplay |
| Camera | Daisy Rafferty | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Micheal Conner Macrury | Editor |
| Art | Alexander Dall | Production Design |
| Sound | Sol Clarkson | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Daisy Rafferty | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ben Aitken | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Finn Ross | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Micheal Conner Macrury | Colorist |
| Writing | Adam Slater | Story |
| Writing | Sam Campbell | Story |
| Lighting | Ross Anderson | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Production | Sol Clarkson | Production Assistant |
| Art | Declan McGrotty | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Adam Slater | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Elizabeth Hernandez Moliko | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dylan Palmer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adam Slater | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Production | Ryan Phillips | Casting |
| Directing | Ryan Phillips | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Ryan Phillips | Story |
| Crew | Felix Kennedy Somerville | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Jazahme Belmont | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Adam Slater | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Manuele Manieri | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Andrew Taylor | Sound Recordist |
