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Dancer

Synopsis

Dancer is Glasgow writer/director Ewan Stewarts' gently comic debut. The film chronicles the trials of painter Brian, who is trying to trace the identity of the elusive Ray Bolger. His discovery leads him along a well known road.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins 10 secs
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Ewen Stewart
Producer
David Hancock
Editor
Nick Kershaw
Screenwriter
Ewen Stewart
Director of Photography
Sam Mitchell
Sound
Steven Reilly
Principal cast
Sandy Nelson, Billy McElhaney

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Cineworks

Glasgow Media Access Centre
Flat 1/1, 17 Barrington Drive
Glasgow G4 9DS, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 564 8238

producer@dancerfilm.com

Sales Company

Scottish Screen

2nd Floor
249 West George Street
Glasgow G2 4QE, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 302 1756

bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.com

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