Bill Nighy in Slapper - a short film

Chiwetel Ejiofor, excellent actor (known from Love Actually and recently American Gangster opposite Denzel Washington) has directed his first short film.

It is called Slapper, and it screens on June 24 as part of the UK Shorts programme at the Edinburgh film festival.

The Guardian has a nice article about Chiwetel’s directing debut, it’s appropiately titled

Can you bring it down a notch, Bill?

If you happen to have Bill Nighy in your first short film (Bill features in Slapper) then you are off to a good start indeed.

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