A Bear Named Wojtek
Synopsis
Official Selection Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 28 min
- Format
- DCP
- Director
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Iain Gardner
- Producer
- Iain Harvey, Wlodzimierz Matuszewski
- Executive Producer
- Nick Harvey, Joanna Ronikier
- Editor
- Rachel Roberts, Will Winfield
- Screenwriter
- Wojciech Lepianka
- Director of Photography
- Rachel Bevan Baker
- Production Designer
- Natasha Moore, Tudor Thomas, Peter Dodd
- Sound
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Composer
- Normand Roger
- Principal cast
- Piotr Baumann, Tomek Borkowy, Richard Gadd, Michael Golab, Shauna MacDonald, Bill Paterson, Remi Rachuba, James Sutherland
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Illuminated Film Company
2 Glenthorne MewsLondon
W6 0LJ
Sales Company
Illuminated Film Company
2 Glenthorne MewsLondon
W6 0LJ
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