Project Detail

Bitter Sea

Synopsis

To keep her job and home in London, an immigrant single mother has to hide her five-year-old daughter from her boss and landlord.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins 48 secs
Format
4:4:4:
Director
Fateme Ahmadi
Producer
Emma Parsons
Editor
Abolfazl Talooni
Screenwriter
Fateme Ahmadi
Director of Photography
Alex Grigoras
Production Designer
Zoe Payne
Sound
Rob Szeliga
Composer
Filip Sijanec
Principal cast
Ada Condeescu, Jeff Mirza, Raghad Chaar 
Associate Producer
Andrew Oldbury
Casting Director
Isabella Odoffin
Costume Designer
Emily- Rose Yiaxis
Hair and makeup Designer
Diandra Ferreira
Sound Recordist
Barney Brookes
Production Manager
Lucy Gaymer
First Assistant Director
Patrick James Stephens
Second Assistant Director
Rachel Armitage
Production Coordinator
Annelies De Jong
Location Manager
Jamie Parsons
Script Supervisor
Mara Lubens
Focus Puller
Matteo Zenini

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

60 Degrees Limited

Fateme Ahmadi
27 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3BL

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