Black Strangers
Synopsis
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Forum Expanded
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 8 min 13 sec
- Director
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Dan Guthrie
- Executive Producer
- LUX, Independent Cinema Office
- Editor
- Dan Guthrie
- Screenwriter
- Dan Guthrie
- Director of Photography
- Nielsan Bohl, Conrad Bohl
- Sound
- Mae-Li Evans, Felix Taylor
- Camera Operator
- Nielsan Bohl
- Camera Operator
- Conrad Bohl
- Colourist
- Nielsan Bohl
- Shoot Assistant
- Elizabeth Jordan
- Sound Recordist
- Mae-Li Evans
- Sound Designer
- Mae-Li Evans
- Sound Mixer
- Felix Taylor
- Thanks
- Gloucestershire Archives, Tim French / PIWORLD, Max Porter, Ben GJ Thomas, Rosa-Johan Uddoh
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Co-commissioned by LUX and Independent Cinema Office, using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Dan Guthrie
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