Project Detail

Cold Blow Lane

Synopsis

The romantic and professional trials of Mary Henry - a cog in the machine of a London-based crime syndicate, presided over by sinister pragmatist The Mademoiselle.

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 78 min
Director: Penny Andrea
Producer: Lorna Nickson Brown
Executive Producer: Merlin Merton, Greer Ellison
Editor: Luke Wasylkiw
Screenwriter: Penny Andrea
Director of Photography: Poppy Illsley, Ryan Kernaghan, James Stoneley
Production Designer: Joseph Nickson
Sound: Jordan Lewis
Composer: Tangel Trio
Principal cast: Susan Lynch, Grace Chilton, Jade Ogugua, Lorna Nickson Brown, Ken Nwosu, Adam El Hagar, Rosie Holden,
Makeup Designer: Megan Lawrence
Costume Designer: Ken Malory
Sound Editor: Joseph Nickson
Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Katrina Lehismae
Location Manager: Guy Weller-Poley
Music Supervisor: Angela Penhaligon
Colorist: Joseph Nickson
Animator: Rita Sus
Sound Mixer: David McCabe
First Assistant Director: Poppy Illsley

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Swamp Light Productions

Lorna Nickson Brown
Kemp House
152 - 160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX

Lornanicksonbrown@gmail.com

Blue Shadows Films

45/46 Poland Street
London
W1F 7NA

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