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Ferment

Ferment

Synopsis

A quiet city square, people strolling by, children running around. An old man sits having a sandwich with his granddaughter on a bench. He has a heart attack and as he falls to the ground, time stands still. We travel away from the square and across the town, down streets, through buildings, into rooms and along corridors, catching glimpses of people and snatches of sound as they exist in that one instant . . .

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Tim Macmillan
Producer
Grace Kitto
Editor
Malcolm Macmillan
Director of Photography
Tim Macmillan
Sound
Soma
Principal cast
Bill Wallace
Screen Writer
Tim Macmillan

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Time-Slice Films Ltd 64 Rosslyn Road Bath BA1 3LH Tel: 01225 334981 Fax: 01225 334981 tim.macmillan@btinternet.com www.timeslicefilms.com

Sales Company

Lux Distribution Lux Centre 2-4 Hoxton Square London N1 6NU Tel: 020 7684 2844 Fax: 020 7684 2222 dist@lux.org.uk www.lux.org.uk

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