Project Detail

After a Room

Synopsis

Nights are long inside Naomi and Ram’s room. Tonight, they’ve invited Marina over and their messy space is under scrutiny. Exploring intimacy as personal playground, skin as intimate map, Naomi’s docile body is coming loose amidst the tension inside a room she continues knowing and unknowing.
Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2021 - Winner Silver Pardino
Official Selection International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 min 33 sec
Format
16 mm
Director
Naomi Pacifique
Producer
Rafael Manuel, Juri Ferri, Naomi Pacifique
Executive Producer
Aziyadé Mutal, Gam Klutier
Editor
Naomi Pacifique
Screenwriter
Naomi Pacifique
Director of Photography
Xenia Patricia
Production Designer
Davide Valsecchi, Shira Haimovici
Sound
Pablo Garrido Carreras
Composer
Naomi Pacifique, Manuel Colayco, Rafael Manuel
Principal cast
Naomi Pacifique, Ram Mendoza, Marina Dora, Hugo Koolschijn

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

London Film School

Ginette Harrold
24 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9UB

Sales Company

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