Checked Mates
Synopsis
Set in a pub in the North East of England, two friends have a heart to heart that gets increasingly more intense with every word spoken.
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 4 min 28 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Caden Elliott
- Producer
- Mark Kenny
- Co-Producer
- Media Borne
- Executive Producer
- Chris Thompson
- Editor
- Jack McBride
- Screenwriter
- Mark Kenny
- Director of Photography
- Dan Gregson
- Production Designer
- Dan Gregson, Chris Thompson
- Sound
- Jack Abernethy, Chris Young
- Composer
- Scott Ampleford
- Principal cast
- Mark Burns, Finbar Healy
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Media Borne
5 Waterloo Square CentraloftsNewcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4DR
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