Project Detail

A Map with Gaps

Synopsis

A Map With Gaps is an account of a journey made by the director's father through Soviet Russia in the early 'seventies, in a van he built and named Supervan.

Utilising a combination of archive audio recordings and still photographs, drama reconstruction and animation, a surreal and comic tale unfolds of 12,000 miles, 14 countries and 26 very peculiar days. Essentially this is a catalogue of minor disasters, a story that demonstrates that fact can indeed be stranger than fiction and sometimes the grey area between the two is the most interesting place to explore, particularly if you forgot to bring a map.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
26 mins
Format
DV Cam
Director
Alice Nelson
Producer
Noe Mendelle
Co-Producer
Noe Mendelle
Editor
Alan Brown
Screenwriter
Brian Nelson, Alice Nelson
Director of Photography
Ian Dodds
Production Designer
Annmarie McKenna
Sound
Zoe Irvine
Composer
Zoe Irvine
Principal cast
Pauline Goldsmith, Duncan Rennie, Jim McSharry

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Production Status

Production Company

Full Nelson Films

11/1 Dunedin Street
Edinburgh EH7 4JD, Scotland
UK

T +44 (0)13 1557 5301

alice@fullnelson.co.uk

Sales Company

Full Nelson Films

11/1 Dunedin Street
Edinburgh EH7 4JD, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)13 1557 5301

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