A Modest Defeat
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Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 mins 3 secs
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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David Barr
- Producer
- Jack Goodwin
- Executive Producer
- Chris Foggin
- Editor
- David Barr
- Screenwriter
- David Barr
- Director of Photography
- Aadel Nodeh-Farahani
- Production Designer
- Hannah Purdy Foggin
- Sound
- Matt Price
- Composer
- Bradley Vander Lugt
- Principal cast
- Sophia Ally, Tom Harrison
- Art Director
- Jenny Dee
- Costume Designer
- Giulia Scrimieri
- Hair & MUA
- Chess Thorton
- Casting
- Toby Spigel
- Sound Designer
- Lauren Cooper @ Wave Studios
- Colourist
- Joseph Bicknell @ Cheat
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