Project Detail

Backroads

Synopsis

Set in a sleepy Fenland village, Backroads is a story about the essential humanity of those who find themselves caught up in sex slavery; and how cultural blindness, complacency, prejudice and inaction can cause just as much damage as any calculated crime.

It is also a film that makes the audience think about and appreciate what they have.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Format
HD
Director
Athena Mandis
Producer
Philippa Juul
Co-Producer
Philippa Juul
Editor
David Halpern
Screenwriter
Rupert Raby
Director of Photography
Mirko Beutler
Sound
Julian Willson
Composer
Nikos Pandis
Principal cast
Ian Puleston Davies, Jarka Rudavska, Cathy Sara, Krassimir Damianov

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Production Status

Production Company

Mandrake Films Ltd

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