Blasted
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 13 mins 55 secs
- Format
- HD CAM, Digital DSLR, 5D, 25fps
- Director
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Elsa O'Toole, BAFTA & London Film Critics' Circle
- Producer
- Elsa O'Toole, BAFTA & London Film Critics' Circle
- Co-Producer
- Howard Cooke, www.hca1.co.uk
- Executive Producer
- Ralf Tjernlund-Beck, Mel Raido, David Ellington, Valentine Nonyela
- Editor
- Slava Kireyev, Alex Kyrou
- Screenwriter
- Elsa O'Toole
- Director of Photography
- Benoit Soler
- Production Designer
- Rebecca Tredget, Malwina Suwinska, Michael Baldwin, Alison Tutton
- Sound
- Jose Pereira, James Hynes
- Composer
- www.audionetwork.com, www.thesounddirectors.com
- Principal cast
- Duane Henry, Mel Raido, Thomas Aldridge, Lacey Bond, Alesha Wright, Annika Ajadi
- Post Production
- Tim Graham, www.finlondon.com
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Gergely Cziraki
- Sound Post Production
- www.thesounddirectors.com
- Festival Selection Notes
- Clin d'Oeil France International Film Festival 'Special Programme Section' 2017; CINDEDEAF Rome International Film Festival 2017; PTFF (Picture This Film Festival, Canada) 2017; UKIVFF (UK International Veterans Film Festival) Winner Best Male Actor 2016; DOFIFF (USA Depth of Field International Film Festival) Winner Outstanding Excellence 2016; BUFF 2015; Festival de Cannes – Short Film Corner 2014; SDBFF (San Diego Black Film Festival) - Nominated Best Foreign Short 2014; IWM (Imperial War Museum Short Film Festival) Runner Up Creative Response 2014; UMFF (Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, USA) Winner Best International Short Honorary 2013; MIFF (Monaco International Film Festival) Nominated Best Foreign Short 2013
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
We Can Films Ltd
Elsa O'Toole@MsEOToole
Sales Company
We Can Films Ltd
Elsa O'Toole@MsEOToole
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