Project Detail

For The Birds

Name: For The Birds
Director: Stacey howell
Genre: Experimental, Woman Director
Released: 2009
Duration: 10 mins

Meredith Shearer- Aylward

Synopsis

Our story is set in dusty downtown Cape Town, at a time when poisoned pigeons fall out of the sky and magic is hard to come by. This is the story of an outsider, a loner who doesn't know what she's looking for until she finds it.

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Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Stacey howell
Producer: Milena Gevers, Benjamin Kaufman
Editor: Meredith Shearer-Aylward, Lorien Bolus
Screenwriter: Stacey Howell
Director of Photography: Meredith Shearer-Aylward
Production Designer: Janine Loubser
Sound: Ewald Hoon
Composer: Mr. Cat, The Jackal
Principal cast: Karle Gerber, Max Nadolny
Costume & Make-up Design: Lauren De Reuck

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance.

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