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Make Me A King

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 16 mins

  • Director: Sofia Olins
  • Writer: Natalie Arle-Toyne
  • Producer: Natalie Arle-Toyne, Michael Etherton, Annabelle Fulcher, Judy Ironside, Martina Russo, Asher Tlalim

CGiii Comment

It's a lovely wee film...brimming with talent.

It effortlessly glides from comedy into drama and back again.

If only the final scene could have been the biggest production number ever...but, hey, it's a short film with a limited budget...we can but imagine!


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The(ir) Blurb...

Ari performs as a Jewish Drag King, much to the confusion of their family. Idolising real-life hero, Pepi Littman, who carved out a space for Drag Kings over 100 years ago, they use this history to open up a space for acceptance in the present.

Cast & Characters

Ben Caplan (as Emmanuel)
Libby Mai (as Ari)
Laurel Lefkow (as Eva)
Rebecca Banatvala (as Mika)
Tabitha Campbell (as Young Ari)
LJ Parkinson (as LoUis)
Arielle Firecracker (as Snake Charmer)
Ashleigh Loeb (as Queer Jewish Woman)
Tyler Orphé-Baker (as Patti)
Neil Kendall (as MC)
Scott Kellaway (as Waiter)
James Dring (as Drag Queen)