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Synopsis
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Documentary Special Presentation
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2026
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2026
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 99 min
- Director
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Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
- Producer
- Beth Earl
- Editor
- Luke Thompson
- Screenwriter
- Iain Forsyth, Ian Martin, Jane Pollard
- Director of Photography
- Daniel Landin
- Production Designer
- Alison Dominitz
- Principal cast
- With contributions from: Marianne Faithfull, Zawe Ashton, Nick Cave, Calvin Demba, Sophia Di Martino, George MacKay, Tilda Swinton
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Phantoscopic (UK), Cold Iron Pictures (US), Magna Studios (US), Rustic Canyon Pictures (US) production
Phantoscopic
c/o Global ConstellationSales Company
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