Project Detail

Comfort

Synopsis

Comfort posits frustrated workers in an anxious landscape, partnering conventions of period dramas with the voice of a shifting protagonist: a cleaner.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 min 16 sec
Format
16mm/HD Video
Director
Daisy Smith
Producer
Daisy Smith
Sound
Hannan Jones
Composer
Shovel Dance Collective, Willem Stroman
Principal cast
Marlie Duizings, Liz Challenger, Bianca Knijn

Production Status

Production Company

Daisy Smith

16 Washway Road
Holbeach
Lincolnshire
PE12 7PP
United Kingdom

Sales Company

Daisy Smith

16 Washway Road
Holbeach
Lincolnshire
PE12 7PP
United Kingdom

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