Project Detail

A Modest Defeat

Synopsis

It's civil war in suburbia between two young siblings. Big brother Tommy never plays fair, but eight-year-old Tiny has an elaborate plan up her sleeve and a faultless determination to put things right.

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Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 mins 3 secs
Format: Digital
Director: 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

Genre

Climate / Environment Children’s Comedy Drama Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Conduit Films

David Barr

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