Fractured Frame
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of a female actor returning to the casting room, a psychological short film about the mental experience of dissociation. Through a surrealist lens, the film explores themes of performance, identity, gendered power, and a destructive nature of ambition.
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 5 min 30 sec
- Director
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Natalie Lauren, Simon London
- Producer
- Natalie Lauren
- Editor
- Gianluca Truda
- Screenwriter
- Natalie Lauren
- Director of Photography
- Helena Gonzalez
- Sound
- Will Henley
- Principal cast
- Natalie Lauren, Sam Thackwell, Derek Jeck
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Vanessa Aparicio
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
MIMESIC Ltd
Floor 4, Silverstream House45 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 6EB
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