Project Detail

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: 2000
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

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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