Project Detail

Firecracker

Synopsis

Champion stockcar driver Charlie is a racer not a wrecker. But would he take a beating and risk it all for those he loves?
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins
Director: Jonathan Harris
Producer: Diarmuid Hughes
Editor: Fiona DeSouza
Screenwriter: Jonathan Harris
Director of Photography: Mark Lee Cobb
Production Designer: Gini Godwin, Sophia Stocco
Sound: Sound Recordist: Adam Clayton Williams; Sound Designer: Dillon Bennett
Principal cast: Alfie Stewart, Lu Corfield, Lara Peake, Anton Saunders

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by Film London, London Calling scheme

Crunch Point Films

Diarmuid Hughes

diarmuidhughes@me.com

Sales Company

c/o Crunch Point Films

Diarmuid Hughes

diarmuidhughes@me.com

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