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A Road Apart

Synopsis

A road trip set in the Swiss Alps. The paths of Italian motorist Filippo and Serbian hitchhiker Boris cross in dramatic circumstances while both travel back to their homelands to face their two very different pasts.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 mins and 30 secs
Format
Super 16
Director
Olivier Kaempfer
Producer
Olivier Kaempfer
Editor
Miguel Caro
Screenwriter
Olivier Kaempfer
Director of Photography
Ji-Hwan Park
Production Designer
Sophie Howard
Sound
Nicholas Little
Principal cast
Branko Tomovic, Giuseppe Lorusso

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7836 9642

www.lfs.org.uk

Parkville Pictures

4a Parkville Road
London SW6 7BX
UK

T +44 (0)20 7385 0771

www.parkvillepictures.com

Sales Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7240 0161

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

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