Project Detail

Balsa Wood

Synopsis

Sunday lunch with the Filipino family proves taxing when you feel more out of water than the mounted sea bass in the lounge.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 20 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Dominique Lecchi
Producer
Agnes Meath Baker
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Mitchell, Dominique Lecchi
Editor
Robbie Gibbon
Screenwriter
Dominique Lecchi
Director of Photography
Lukas Demgenski
Production Designer
Carmen Mueck
Sound
Joe Fletcher
Composer
Roly Witherow
Principal cast
Jessica Henwick, Pik Sen Lim, Lourdes Faberes, Andrew Leung, Leighanne Esperanzate

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