Project Detail

Bailiff

Matt Woof

Synopsis

Short film exploring the emotional rollercoaster that a father and son go through after being coincidentally reunited.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 7 mins 50 secs
Format: DV Cam, DVD
Director: Joseph John
Producer: Aneta Chalas
Editor: Ben Brown
Screenwriter: Harriet Webster
Director of Photography: Matt Woof
Production Designer: Kulraj Sidhu
Sound: Nathan Brook, Peter Butler
Composer: composed by Ben Brown
Principal cast: Tim Wilderspin, Peter Mair

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aneta Chalas

13 Greenaway House
Boundary Road
London NW8 0HT

T +44 (0)7981 984345

info@anetachalas.com

Westminster Film School

University of Westminster
Watford Road
Northwick Park
Harrow
Middlesex HA1 3TP
UK

T +44 (0) 20 7911 5000

p.s.hort@westminster.ac.uk

Visit Website

www.wmin.ac.uk

Sales Company

Aneta Chalas

13 Greenaway House
Boundary Road
NW8 0HT
London
UK

T +44 (0)7981 984345

info@anetachalas.com

Westminster Film School

University of Westminster
Watford Road
Northwick Park
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 3TP
UK

T +44 (0)20 7911 5000

p.s.hort@westminster.ac.uk

Visit Website

www.wmin.ac.uk

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