Project Detail

Dawn

Synopsis

Two young children wake one bright morning. To the audible and visual backdrop of a city slowly coming to life after its slumber, they discover their mother asleep, arms around a stranger. They quietly switch off her alarm and embark on a morning full of freedom, exhilaration and innocence.

Details

Year
2006
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Shreepali Patel
Producer
Fizzy Oppe, Gaynor Messer Price
Editor
Kevin Jones
Screenwriter
Anthony Hurley
Director of Photography
Jonathan Bloom
Sound
Phil Edward
Composer
John Hardy
Principal cast
Ben Merchant, Lucy Borja

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Fiction Factory

Chapter
Market Road
Cardiff CF5 1QE, Wales

T+44 (0)29 2030 0320

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