Project Detail

Apple Gatherers

Name: Apple Gatherers
Director: Danielle Rhoda Addae-Boateng
Genre: Dance, Experimental, Human Rights
Released: 2025
Duration: 9 min

a line of a pen drawn people pick apples

Danielle Rhoda Addae-Boateng

Synopsis

APPLE GATHERERS explores the loneliness and dissatisfaction in a labour-intensive world of two main characters and the brief reprieve they have in moments of real human connection. The moment is fleeting, yet powerful - at the same time, it can be interpreted as the single strand that binds them to their drudgery. Set at the bottom of a hierarchical apple cider factory where every aspect of apple production is meticulously controlled, the Peeler and the Shoveller wrestle with management to hold onto their humanity.
Official Selection PÖFF Shorts - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025
Official Selection AFI Fest 2025
Official Selection LIAF - London International Animation Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 min
Director: Danielle Rhoda Addae-Boateng
Producer: Toyosi Fuwa
Editor: Piotr Zuchniewicz
Screenwriter: Tyler Frech, Tejaswin Ewing
Director of Photography: Ola Mesmer
Production Designer: Terezia Torousova
Sound: Benet Serra Reche
Composer: Katie Ellwood
Principal cast: Tabie Addae-Boateng, Kinga Łotysz
Production Manager: Eléa Tessier
Sound Recordist: Robert Kivits
Colour Grader: Fox Bamber Barron
Costume Designer: Annarita Melina

Genre

Dance Experimental Human Rights

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

Emma Cordeux

The National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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