Project Detail

City of Children

Synopsis

What is it like to grow up in a place that has been forgotten? Tyler, a 16-year-old boy who has never attended school, guides us through an estate in the north of England.
Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - World premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - International Competition

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min
Director
Arantxa Hernández Barthe
Co-Producer
Arantxa Hernández Barthe, Megan Randle
Editor
Celina Øier
Director of Photography
Molly Manning Walker
Sound
Sound Recordist: Bridget Bradshaw; Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer: Edward A. Guy
Composer
Will Turner

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School/ NFTS

Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

National Film and Television School/ NFTS

Hemant Sharda, Nicola Cowee
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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