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Exchange and Mart

Synopsis

A remote Scottish boarding school is home to Reg, a lonely and yearning teenage girl. The handsome chainsaw-wielding tree surgeon, and the sinister and unorthodox self-defence instructor, are the only men in this world. When Reg is required to fight in the woods, she knows what she must do.
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Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Director
Cara Connolly, Martin Clark
Producer
Maeve McMahon, Phoebe Grigor
Executive Producer
Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Paul Welsh, Ross McKenzie
Editor
Carmela Iandoli
Screenwriter
Cara Connolly
Director of Photography
Jamie Cairney
Production Designer
Natalie Astridge
Composer
Jonnie Wilkes, James Savage
Principal cast
Ewen Bremner, Grace Chilton, Tania Van Amse, Lorne McFadyen

Genre

Scottish Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Hopscotch Films

Film City
401 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 2QJ

Digicult Ltd

6th Floor
41 St Vincent Place
Glasgow
G1 2ER
Tel: +44(0)141 221 5290

Sales Company

Connolly Clark Films

Tel: +44 (0)759 537 3741

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