Inner Polar Bear
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 7 min
- Format
- Digital 4K
- Director
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Gerald Conn
- Producer
- Naomi Jones
- Executive Producer
- Natascha Wharton
- Screenwriter
- Based on a short story by: Jeanette Winterson
- Production Designer
- Storyboard and character design: Jeremy Roberts
- Sound
- Dai Shell
- Composer
- Benjamin Talbott
- Principal cast
- Maxine Peake
- 2D Animation
- Ryan Fairbanks
- Sand Animation
- Gerald Conn, Marianne Lang, Harrison Brain
- Compositing & Colouring
- Michael Tang
- Recording Studio
- Audio Always
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI Short Form Animation Fund
Gritty Realism Productions
Titan HouseCardiff Bay Business Centre
Ocean Park,
Cardiff CF24 5BS
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