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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 film: 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

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Forty Foot Pictures

Collie McCarthy

collie@fortyfootpictures.com

Sales Company

Network Ireland Television

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

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