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Birds Fly South

Wade Bayliss

Synopsis

Birds Fly South is a micro budget, low-fi, tender, autobiographical, urban fairy tale coursed through with humour about love, life, death, mental illness and hope.
We see the story of 2 brothers lives shown through the prism of 24 hours and investigate what reality is, as Adam comes to visit Jake.

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Details

Year: 2013
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins 52 secs
Format: HD CAM
Director: Wade Bayliss 1st Feature
Producer: Wade Bayliss, Robin Pigott
Editor: Robin Pigott
Screenwriter: Wade Bayliss
Director of Photography: Trevor Forrest
Sound: Paddy Owen, Dan Donovan
Composer: Experimental Sex Tape
Principal cast: Nabil Elouahabi, Daniel Rabin
2nd Camera: Clive Howard

Genre

Disabilities Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

AaB Productions

Sales Company

Chris Tidman at Shorts International

c.tidman@shortsinternational.com

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