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A Line Was Drawn

Synopsis

A Line Was Drawn weaves together material from a number of different sources including animated sequences, television and film archives with two distinct voiceover narrations. The work explores issues of how our world is structured through the creation of borders and boundaries limiting movement, thinking, questioning and agency.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere
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Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins
Format
Super 8, Digital Video, Archive footage
Director
Mairéad McClean
Producer
Marta Michalowska, Thomas Zanon-Larcher
Editor
Mairéad McClean
Director of Photography
Mairéad McClean, Andy McKinnon
Sound
Mairéad McClean
Composer
Laura Cannell
Principal cast
Tess Letham

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mairéad McClean

27 Beau House
Victoria Bridge Road
Bath
BA2 3FA

Sales Company

Mairéad McClean

27 Beau House
Victoria Bridge Road
Bath
BA2 3FA

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