Project Detail

12 Stages 2: (a forensic mnemonic)

Synopsis

Exploring the threshold between the authentic and the fake, the apparitions of identical twin sisters guide the viewer deep into an investigation of the memory arena. Through the mirror and behind the curtain, the reflection of a play is trying to be witnessed.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 34 mins
Format: Betacam Sp
Director: Julia Bardsley, Aldona Cunningham
Producer: Julia Bardsley, Aldona Cunningham
Editor: Julia Bardsley
Director of Photography: Andrew Poppy, Adam Colyer, Kate Moyse
Sound: Julia Bardsley
Composer: Andrew Poppy
Principal cast: Julia Bardsley, Aldona Cunningham
Devised by: Julia Bardsley, Aldona Cunningham

Genre

Experimental Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bard and Ham Cunningsley

22c Breakspears Road
London SE4 1UW
UK

T + 44 (0)20 8691 8646

bardsley@individual.fsnet.co.uk

Sales Company

as Production company

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