Kindling

Kindling (2023)

A summer to be remembered.

A group of young men return to their home town in order to turn their friend's final days into a celebration of life and friendship.

Date of release
2023-04-21
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Connor O'Hara

Casting

Interesting facts

Kindling is a 2023 British drama film written and directed by Connor O'Hara in his feature debut, based on his short film Infinite (2016).

Production

In 2016, Lowkey Films released a short film Infinite by Connor O'Hara, which starred George Mackay, Elliot James Langridge, Rose Williams, and Alexander Lincoln. Infinite provided the proof of concept for Kindling, which is semi-autobiographical based on O'Hara's personal experience of losing two friends when he was 21. In the late stages of postproduction on Kindling, he lost another friend, the real life Plod.

O'Hara and producer Jamie Gamache spent a number of years financing the project, with Haymarket Films boarding the project in February 2020. Also producing the film was Mark Foligno of Lipsync Productions, while executive producers included Andrew and Terry Loveday of Haymarket Films, Norman Merry and Peter Hampden of Lipsync, and Rachel Warren and Carl Shepherd of Hyprr Films.

In August 2021, it was announced George Somner, Conrad Khan, and Wilson Mbomio would star in the film alongside Mia McKenna-Bruce, Rory J. Saper, Kaine Zajaz, Geoff Bell, and Tara Fitzgerald.

Principal photography took place on location in August and September 2021. Suffolk filming locations including Stansfield, Hawkedon, and Chevington, while Essex filming locations included Colchester, Wivenhoe, Dedham, Langham, and Boxted.

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