THE LAST DUMPLING
JADEY DUFFIELD
2024
4 min
United Kingdom
English
On a first date, two hungry men are faced with a dilemma when only one dumpling remains on their shared plate. Tensions rise as they both go for it, leading to a playful, hilarious and intense chopstick KungFu fight in the restaurant. Will they manage to share the last morsel gracefully, turning a potentially awkward moment into a delightful memory, or will their antics lead to the dumpling being snatched up by the adorable but opportunistic dog lurking under the table?
Director Biography:
Jadey is an award-winning director, writer, with an expertise in comedy-action. She has a background as a stuntwoman in blockbusters like ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’, ‘Ready Player One’, and various Marvel movies. Specialising in infusing creativity into physical comedy, she brings a working-class, female-centric perspective to her authentic and fresh narratives.
Through DreamMore Films, Jadey directed the award-winning, BAFTA-qualifying ’10 Minutes For A Pound’, the mischievous ‘Sticky Fingers’ (starring BAFTA nominee Amit Shah), and her latest film, ‘The Last Dumpling’, funded by Emmy-nominated Christin Baker.
Currently, Jadey is writing and pitching several comedy TV shows and working on her debut feature, ‘Bingo Bastards’, with producer Janet Awe (Dreamland Sky/Merman) and Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Game of Thrones). She shadowed director Tristram Shapeero on the CBS/Big Talk sitcom ‘Dinner with the Parents’ and is part of the Directors UK Inspire scheme, mentored by Jennifer Sheridan, the director of ‘Extraordinary’ on Disney Plus.
Jadey has just wrapped up an action-packed quadrilogy of short ads for the BFI’s Art of Action season, featuring titles like ‘Gone in 54 Seconds’, ‘Pop Fiction’, ‘Pirates of the Canteen’, and ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’.
Jadey is currently shadowing director Christopher McQuarrie on the latest ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’.
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