Beast
Synopsis
When Alice’s mother, Grace, tells her that her father has become a “beast,” 7-year old Alice begins to question who or what she really is.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 18 mins 36 secs
- Format
- Digital 4K
- Director
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Leonora Lonsdale
- Producer
- Jack Sidey, Sophie Reynolds
- Executive Producer
- Celine Haddad
- Editor
- Matthew Gray
- Screenwriter
- Leonora Lonsdale, Jack Sidey
- Director of Photography
- Patrick Meller
- Production Designer
- Polly Davenport
- Sound
- Luke Gentry, Matthew Skelding
- Composer
- Yann McCullough
- Principal cast
- Billie Piper, Sinead Cusack, Poppy Polivnick
- Director of Animation
- Jac Clinch
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Sona Films, Creative England production
Leonora Lonsdale
Sales Company
Jack Sidey
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