Jamaica-Set Horror Drama ‘Duppy,’ From 'Seventeen' Director Ajuán Isaac-George, Set for Cannes Frontières Platform (EXCLUSIVE)
Apr 7, 2026 3:09am PT
Jamaica-Set Horror Drama ‘Duppy,’ From ‘Seventeen’ Director Ajuán Isaac-George, Set for Cannes Frontières Platform (EXCLUSIVE)
Only revealed to industry audiences, ‘Duppy’ marks the London-based writer-director’s first feature drawing on Jamaican folklore and mythology to enrich a vision of warped childhood emotional allegiance.
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Duppy. Courtesy of My Accomplice
London-based writer-director Ajuán Isaac-George is headed to the Croisette with his film project “Duppy,” which will be part of the Proof of Concept section of the Frontières Platform, Cannes’ biggest genre showcase.
The film is a co-production between the U.K. and Jamaica and takes place in Jamaica in 1998, the most violent year in the island’s history. It tells the story of 12-year-old Rainbow, who’s left in the care of her grandparents in the Jamaican countryside. Feeling lonely and abandoned, she summons a hostile spirit in order to get back at her strict religious grandmother, unknowingly forming an unbreakable pact with a shapeshifting demon.
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