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Earthy Encounters

Synopsis

15-year-old Kyle believes he can save his dying older brother with a plant he’s found at the back of a garden centre. Problem is, there’s a shadowy government agency out to destroy it first.
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Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins 59 secs
Format
Alexa 65
Director
Sam Johnson
Producer
Collie McCarthy
Editor
Theo Cowen
Screenwriter
Sam Johnson
Director of Photography
Eben Bolter
Production Designer
Lucy Gahagan
Sound
Ian Wilson
Composer
David M. Saunders
Principal cast
Fionn O'Shea, Jessica Barden
Film Images
©Forty Foot Pictures

Genre

Action Children’s Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Forty Foot Pictures

Collie McCarthy

Sales Company

Network Ireland Television

Derry O'Leary
23 South Frederick Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
D02 KT21

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