Project Detail

A Stranger Kind

Synopsis

A Stranger Kind is an unhinged modern day fairytale.
Lily, a young girl, ekes out an existence in a threadbare cabaret club until, one day, a stranger calls to audition with a grizzly new act and Lily begins, for the first time in her life, to believe in magic.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 mins 26 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Ollie Murray
Producer
Ollie Murray, Daisy Gautier
Co-Producer
Peter Lee Scott
Executive Producer
Jamie Clark
Editor
Ryan Boucher
Screenwriter
Ollie Murray, Aled Roberts
Director of Photography
Jim Jolliffe
Production Designer
Marie Lanna
Sound
Jon Clarke
Composer
Cats Eyes, Jon Clarke
Principal cast
Eleanor Tomlinson, Keith-Lee Castle, Angus Barnett, George Russo

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Production Status

Production Company

Orofena Films

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