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Dad Was

Synopsis

An eight-year-old boy must give the eulogy at his father's funeral.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 min
Director
Barnaby Blackburn
Producer
Barnaby Blackburn
Co-Producer
Brenda J. Barnhart
Executive Producer
John Bryan
Editor
Ed Line
Screenwriter
Barnaby Blackburn
Director of Photography
Robbie Bryant
Production Designer
Lili Lea Abraham
Sound
Jonny Platt
Composer
Hugo Blackburn
Principal cast
Seylan Baxter, James Harkness, Cameron Kerr, Malcolm Shields

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dark Glass Films

130 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 5AR

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