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Cass Virdee I DIRECTOR

London Film Festival 2025

The Wasp or The Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself

This was such an incredible experience to have a film I care so much about at London Film Festival. Such a brilliant moment celebrating with lovely collaborators. Congrats to the whole team.

Frank Forever.

@bfilff @britishfilminstitute

London Film Festival 2025

The Wasp or The Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself

This was such an incredible experience to have a film I care so much about at London Film Festival. Such a brilliant moment celebrating with lovely collaborators. Congrats to the whole team.

Frank Forever.

@bfilff @britishfilminstitute

The Wasp or The Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself in Berlin British Shorts! @britishshorts 🙏🏽 🐝

Congrats to the wonderful cast and crew - can’t wait for this to reach a new audience!

The Wasp is about a young man grappling with melancholy, is stunned to learn he is 62% wasp. As he faces confusion, isolation, and rejection, he embarks on a strange journey to understand himself and confront what this diagnosis truly means.

Check it out if you’re there, its playing on Fri 23.01.2026 - 10:00 pm / Sputnik Kino

Thank you to the wonderful Cast and Crew x

@lauriekynaston
@thehourofthedog
@duffmarvel
@anne.odeke
Max Keeble
Ischia Bennison

Directed by @cassvirdee
Written by @6tommyhurst9
Produced by @dylan_gillah
DOP @catharinasz
Production Designer @michela.negretto
Editor @shepherdessbee
Casting @harrygilbertcasting
Costume Designer adamdee
Sound Designer and Mixer @dromotooo
Location Sound Mixer @avadoylesound
Boom Operator @camilagsound
Composer @neslomusic
Colourist @foxbamberbarron
VFX Supervisor Martin Sandahl
1st AD @gabriel.lippe
2nd AD @olliepitman
3rd AD @lilysacliche
Floor Runner @fallon.parker.3
Set PA@jonas1999
Production Manager @sambuckler123
Production Manager Dani James
Stunt Co-Ordinator Christopher Round
Hair and Make-Up Designer @elainelo_hmua
1st AC @jim_micrack
2nd AC @james_kennedy00
Loader Tvisha Shah
Steadicam Operation @lou_macnamara
Gaffer @shaunwaldie
Sparks:
@tom.homer_
@harry_rollinson
@joshhughes_ac
@josephhargreaves
@el.neagu
Script Supervisor Jules Hampton
Script Supervisor John Joyce
Stills Photographer @katoboels.official
Stills Photographer Alex Robertorusu

The Wasp or The Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself in Berlin British Shorts! @britishshorts 🙏🏽 🐝

Congrats to the wonderful cast and crew - can’t wait for this to reach a new audience!

The Wasp is about a young man grappling with melancholy, is stunned to learn he is 62% wasp. As he faces confusion, isolation, and rejection, he embarks on a strange journey to understand himself and confront what this diagnosis truly means.

Check it out if you’re there, its playing on Fri 23.01.2026 - 10:00 pm / Sputnik Kino

Thank you to the wonderful Cast and Crew x

@lauriekynaston
@thehourofthedog
@duffmarvel
@anne.odeke
Max Keeble
Ischia Bennison

Directed by @cassvirdee
Written by @6tommyhurst9
Produced by @dylan_gillah
DOP @catharinasz
Production Designer @michela.negretto
Editor @shepherdessbee
Casting @harrygilbertcasting
Costume Designer adamdee
Sound Designer and Mixer @dromotooo
Location Sound Mixer @avadoylesound
Boom Operator @camilagsound
Composer @neslomusic
Colourist @foxbamberbarron
VFX Supervisor Martin Sandahl
1st AD @gabriel.lippe
2nd AD @olliepitman
3rd AD @lilysacliche
Floor Runner @fallon.parker.3
Set PA@jonas1999
Production Manager @sambuckler123
Production Manager Dani James
Stunt Co-Ordinator Christopher Round
Hair and Make-Up Designer @elainelo_hmua
1st AC @jim_micrack
2nd AC @james_kennedy00
Loader Tvisha Shah
Steadicam Operation @lou_macnamara
Gaffer @shaunwaldie
Sparks:
@tom.homer_
@harry_rollinson
@joshhughes_ac
@josephhargreaves
@el.neagu
Script Supervisor Jules Hampton
Script Supervisor John Joyce
Stills Photographer @katoboels.official
Stills Photographer Alex Robertorusu

Fight or Flight Trailer and a shiny award!

Thank you so much to @shinyawards the judging panel and to Saatchi and Saatchi for selecting us.

Fight or Flight has had a wonderful festival run so far heading to Tampere Film Festival, British Urban Film Festival, Flatpack, Purbeck Film Festival and winning a shiny award making Fight or Flight Bafta qualified.

To celebrate please see a lovely trailer cut by the wonderful @marialuizamunhoz ❤️

Endlessly grateful to the cast and crew! X

CAST
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

TEAM
Writer-Director @cassvirdee
Producer @the_dandyproducer
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Thanks to @6tommyhurst9, Si and Alfie

Fight or Flight Trailer and a shiny award!

Thank you so much to @shinyawards the judging panel and to Saatchi and Saatchi for selecting us.

Fight or Flight has had a wonderful festival run so far heading to Tampere Film Festival, British Urban Film Festival, Flatpack, Purbeck Film Festival and winning a shiny award making Fight or Flight Bafta qualified.

To celebrate please see a lovely trailer cut by the wonderful @marialuizamunhoz ❤️

Endlessly grateful to the cast and crew! X

CAST
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

TEAM
Writer-Director @cassvirdee
Producer @the_dandyproducer
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Thanks to @6tommyhurst9, Si and Alfie

Fight or Flight at the Shiny Awards.
Thanks so much to @shinyawards for selecting Fight or Flight to play at the awards, being held at Saatchi and Saatchi today.
Incredibly proud of this extremely surreal and meaningful project that we got to create at the @nfts
We made this with the most wonderful cast and crew. It felt like a family affair and was incredible to work with the talented @celineceleesi who brought this story to life with her performance, movement and passion.

Cast:
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

Team:
Director @cassvirdee
Producer @claudcunninghamdandy
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo

Fight or Flight at the Shiny Awards.
Thanks so much to @shinyawards for selecting Fight or Flight to play at the awards, being held at Saatchi and Saatchi today.
Incredibly proud of this extremely surreal and meaningful project that we got to create at the @nfts
We made this with the most wonderful cast and crew. It felt like a family affair and was incredible to work with the talented @celineceleesi who brought this story to life with her performance, movement and passion.

Cast:
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

Team:
Director @cassvirdee
Producer @claudcunninghamdandy
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo

The last year or so has been wild .. shooting 4 shorts in a year and a half at the @nftsfilmtv on the Directing Fiction course. I’m still on the journey with Grad heading into post but am coming up for air. Incredibly grateful for the friends and collaborators I’ve been lucky enough to have on the journey with me ❤️

Incredibly talented actors. Producers and PM’s that pushed the limit. Wonderfully inspiring DOP’s who I feel very lucky to have met. Brilliant writers who made dreaming so so fun. A casting director who went above and beyond. Teams of AD’s that blew me away. Incredibly playful, caring and resilient editors, sound designers and composers . Production designers that slay’ed. Costume designers that pulled off the impossible. Incredible stunt teams and my first time working with motorbikes- so exciting and I’m so grateful for this experience.
And two bafta qualified shorts. Really it’s impossible to sum up in a post but thank you so much for everyone that has been with me, supporting, championing and bringing to life these short films that I care so much about lots of love x

Slides 1-9 @katoboels.official 📸💕
Slides 10-11 @lauren_fletcher_photo 📸💕

The last year or so has been wild .. shooting 4 shorts in a year and a half at the @nftsfilmtv on the Directing Fiction course. I’m still on the journey with Grad heading into post but am coming up for air. Incredibly grateful for the friends and collaborators I’ve been lucky enough to have on the journey with me ❤️

Incredibly talented actors. Producers and PM’s that pushed the limit. Wonderfully inspiring DOP’s who I feel very lucky to have met. Brilliant writers who made dreaming so so fun. A casting director who went above and beyond. Teams of AD’s that blew me away. Incredibly playful, caring and resilient editors, sound designers and composers . Production designers that slay’ed. Costume designers that pulled off the impossible. Incredible stunt teams and my first time working with motorbikes- so exciting and I’m so grateful for this experience.
And two bafta qualified shorts. Really it’s impossible to sum up in a post but thank you so much for everyone that has been with me, supporting, championing and bringing to life these short films that I care so much about lots of love x

Slides 1-9 @katoboels.official 📸💕
Slides 10-11 @lauren_fletcher_photo 📸💕

Tampere Film Festival!

Thank you so much @tamperefilmfestival for having Fight of Flight screen in the Generation XYZ competition! We’re so excited to be screening at a @bafta and @theacademy qualifying festival.

Shot on 16mm with a wonderfully inspiring Cast and Crew.
Fight or Flight tells the story of a mother who fights to return back to life for the sake of her child.

This is a weird little film - it makes we want to chase the weird a little more than I did the last time 💜🎬

Cast:
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

Team:
Director @cassvirdee
Producer @ claudcunninghamdandy
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer@ claudcunninghamdandyerer@nenehluciaerorComposererer@ soundtylertappin
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo

Tampere Film Festival!

Thank you so much @tamperefilmfestival for having Fight of Flight screen in the Generation XYZ competition! We’re so excited to be screening at a @bafta and @theacademy qualifying festival.

Shot on 16mm with a wonderfully inspiring Cast and Crew.
Fight or Flight tells the story of a mother who fights to return back to life for the sake of her child.

This is a weird little film - it makes we want to chase the weird a little more than I did the last time 💜🎬

Cast:
@celineceleesi
Osi Virdee Masters @jordannavirdee
Max Keeble
Sharan Atwal
@esme_thompson

Team:
Director @cassvirdee
Producer @ claudcunninghamdandy
Exec Producer @igor_engler
Cinematographer @maxbru_6
Production designer @nenehlucia
Costume designer @adam.j.dee
Editor @marialuizamunhoz
Composer @tess_white_
Sound Designer and Sound Mixer @felix_donovan_
Colourist @peter_oppersdorff_colour
Colourist Producer @ producedbydan
Sound Mixer soundtylertappin
1st AS @cordanerichardson
Steadicam @thomas.barber.steadicam
1st AC @ issessi
2nd AC @bartbazaz
Casting Director’s Caleb Kuti & Claudia Amoah
1st AD @seanfrostfilm
2nd AD @ rorymarshfilm
Script supervisor @ leilamurtonpoole
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo
Chaperone @ jordannavirdee
Runner Yong Hongorer@ claudcunninghamdandyerer@nenehluciaerorComposererer@ soundtylertappin
Unit Stills @lauren_fletcher_photo

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