Project Detail

Bloom

Synopsis

Helen Chapman lives alone in her tidy flat and keeps herself to herself. She has never even spoken to the man next door. Never, that is, until the night she discovers something peculiar growing out of her carpet.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins, 45 secs
Format
Digi Beta
Director
Martin Gent
Producer
Regina Meizoso
Editor
Yulia Martynova
Screenwriter
Emma Scott Robinson
Director of Photography
Nick Wise
Sound
Dave Hunt
Composer
Evan Jolly
Principal cast
Amanda Root, Richard Hope

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
BEACONSFIELD
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T +44 (0)14946 71234

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