Poles Apart
Synopsis
BAFTA Film Awards 2018 - Winner - Best Short Animation
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 mins 52 secs
- Format
- Digital animation/HD
- Director
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Paloma Baeza
- Producer
- Ser En Low
- Editor
- Zsófia Tálas
- Screenwriter
- Paloma Baeza
- Director of Photography
- Jon Muschamp
- Production Designer
- Paula Gimenez
- Sound
- Morgan Muse
- Composer
- Hollie Buhagiar
- Principal cast
- Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph May
- Animators
- Alex Crowley, Nuria Bataller, Paloma Baeza, Joanna Brooks
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Beaconsfield StudiosStation Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
Sales Company
The National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Hemant ShardaBeaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
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