Arena (directed by Mike Ogden)
Synopsis
In 2017 Manchester, twenty three concert goers murdered by a student.
A terrible echo seventy five years apart, connected by extremism. ARENA follows two intercutting stories of outsider characters whose lives have been poisoned through conditioning to carry out extreme acts of hate.
Will society ever learn the lessons of the past?
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 min 32 sec
- Format
- Digital / Super16mm
- Director
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Mike Ogden
- Producer
- Naomi Ayers
- Editor
- Paul Jones
- Screenwriter
- Mike Ogden
- Director of Photography
- James Oldham
- Production Designer
- Alexa Hartle
- Sound
- Paul Caton
- Composer
- Mark Ashworth
- Principal cast
- Sophie Shallai, Ahmad Sakhi, Charlie Concannon
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Square Cherry Productions
Naomi AyersThe Old Farmhouse
189 Counthill Road
OL4 2PX
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