Darwin Story
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection Flickerfest 2024
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 min
- Format
- Digital 4:3
- Director
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Natasha Tonkin
- Producer
- Yeshen Venema, Eero Heinonen
- Executive Producer
- Josic Cadoret
- Editor
- Armiliah Aripin
- Screenwriter
- Natasha Tonkin
- Director of Photography
- Donna Wade
- Production Designer
- Natasha Tonkin
- Sound
- Sashko Potter Micevski, Christopher Wilson
- Composer
- Hollie Buhagiar
- Principal cast
- Kathryn Wilder, Lakesha Grant, Patricia Tindale
- Animation
- Joan Sousa Pinto, Sofia Negri, Renaldho Pelle, Maria Belik, Kate Mercer
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK
Chromatopia Films
Flat 426 Laycock Street
London
N1 1AH
Sales Company
Chromatopia Films
Flat 426 Laycock Street
London
N1 1AH
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