Doozy
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Bright Future - International premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 70 min
- Format
- Super 16mm and HD
- Director
-
Richard Squires 1st Feature
- Producer
- Richard Squires
- Co-Producer
- Madeleine Molyneaux
- Editor
- Richard Squires
- Screenwriter
- Richard Squires
- Director of Photography
- Willy Busfield, Barbara Nicholls
- Sound
- Chu-Li Shewring
- Composer
- Oliver Davis
- Principal cast
- Mark McKinney, Michael Kearns, Eric Geynes, John Airlie, Paul Wells, Sophie Scott
- Associate Producer
- Abigail Addison
- Animator
- Elroy Simmons
- Colourist
- Alex Grigoras
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
LMFYFF Productions
Sales Company
Light Cone
157, rue de CriméeAtelier 105
75019 PARIS
FRANCE
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