Project Detail

Girls Hugging Their Fathers

Synopsis

A young woman is confronted by her inability to access her own anger as she makes a final attempt to acknowledge it through the act of hugging her father.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 min 18 sec
Format
35mm
Director
Atalanta Swire
Producer
Michelle Brøndum, Atalanta Swire
Editor
Vanessa Taylor
Screenwriter
Atalanta Swire
Director of Photography
Adam Singodia
Production Designer
Eva Calland Waller
Sound
Ines Adriana
Composer
Oliver Wegmüller
Principal cast
Patsy Ferran, Nathaniel Parker

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Great Dame Productions

Atalanta Swire

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