Project Detail

Blue Christmas

Blue Christmas

Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish coastal town, a debt collector goes to work to avoid confronting his wife’s worsening psychosis at home.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - World premiere
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Director
Charlotte Wells
Producer
Joy Jorgensen
Executive Producer
Raphael Langenscheidt
Editor
Blair McClendon
Screenwriter
Charlotte Wells
Director of Photography
Robbie Ryan
Production Designer
Gregory Oke
Principal cast
Jamie Robson, Michelle Duncan, Lewis McGowan

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