Project Detail

A Kindness

Synopsis

Travel sickness, a cheating girlfriend and blood on the windscreen - the trip to Blackpool was supposed to be messy, but not a total car crash.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14:31
Format
ProRes 4444 (Alexa)
Director
Giles Ripley
Producer
Allon Wechsler
Executive Producer
Rankin, David Allain, Jess Gormley
Editor
Giles Ripley
Screenwriter
Giles Ripley, Jonny Ensall
Director of Photography
Ben Fordesman
Production Designer
Will Field
Sound
Tom Joyce
Composer
Patrick Jonsson
Principal cast
Steve Oram, James Burrows, Jonny Dixon

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Network Ireland Television

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