Project Detail

Doubt on Loan

Synopsis

What happens when you put a blindly enthusiastic American with a disneyfied view of English life in charge of a run-down inner city British library?

Welcome to Shawcross Library managed by Mia Taylor-Clarke - hoping to kick of her reign with a book reading to remember of Philip Dunleavy's Survivors - a 9/11 memoir - rather than the Zombie Apocalypse novel she thought she was hosting.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins
Format
HD Digital
Director
Ian Aryeh-Thompson
Producer
Ian Aryeh-Thompson
Executive Producer
National Film and Television School
Editor
Robbie Morrison
Screenwriter
Mike O'Leary & Ian Aryeh-Thompson
Director of Photography
Arthur Mulhern
Production Designer
Jane Brodie
Sound
Liam Cotter
Composer
Jon Wygens
Principal cast
Louise Ford, Christian Brassington, David Fynn, Sophie Colquhoun, Bentley Kalu

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Festivals Department
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T: +44 1494 731452
W: www.nfts.co.uk

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