Project Detail

Balance Not Symmetry

Synopsis

After her father’s funeral, American student Caitlin (Laura Harrier) leaves her grieving mother (Kate Dickie) behind to return to her third-year studies at the Glasgow School of Art. There she juggles her grief and end-of-year presentation with meeting a new guy, Rory (Scott Miller), and a rupture in her relationship with her housemate and BFF Hannah (Bria Vinaite). Can she again find balance in her turbulent life?

Details

Year: 2019
Type of film: Features
Running time: 97 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Jamie Adams
Producer: Maggie Monteith and Jamie Adams
Executive Producer: Chris Reed, James Norrie, Bob Portal, Reinhard Besser
Editor: Adelina Bichis
Screenwriter: Jamie Adams
Director of Photography: Ryan Eddleston
Production Designer: Anousha Payne
Sound: Oliver Celeste Barry
Music: Walter Mair
Principal cast: Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite, Lily Newmark, Scott Miller

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Northern Stories and Northcott Films Limited

Maggie Monteith

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Sales Company

AMP International

Timo Suomi
Studio 01zero-one
Hopkins Street
London
W1F 0HS

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