Black Beauty
Synopsis
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2021
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 29 min
- Format
- 4K, Mini DV Pro
- Director
-
Grace Ndiritu
- Producer
- Julieta Juncadella
- Executive Producer
- Julieta Juncadella, Grace Ndiritu
- Editor
- José María Avilés
- Screenwriter
- Grace Ndiritu
- Director of Photography
- Pablo Paloma
- Production Designer
- Pigmento Studio
- Sound
- Martin Gabriel Scaglia
- Principal cast
- Aida Welle, Emilio Linder
- Commissioned by
- Artscouncil England; Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Belgium; Coventry Biennale of Contemporary Art and Nottingham Contemporary Arts Center
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Post-hippie Productions
129 Birchfield RoadBirmingham
B19 1LH
Sales Company
Alice Lea
LUXWaterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
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