Project Detail

Hard, Cracked the Wind

Synopsis

Compelled to buy an old writing case, and finding faint traces of a poem within, a young Cornish poet unknowingly calls back the previous owner from beyond the grave.
Haunted into completing the poem she becomes broken and succumbs to the endless cycle of creation and death...
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020

Details

Year
2019
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
17 min 18 sec
Format
16mm Black and White
Director
Mark Jenkin
Producer
Kate Byers, Linn Waite, Denzil Monk.
Executive Producer
Kate Byers, Linn Waite, Denzil Monk, Chris Morris, Kingsley Marshall.
Editor
Mark Jenkin
Screenwriter
Adrian Bailey
Director of Photography
Will Pugh
Production Designer
Mae Voogd
Sound
Mark Jenkin
Music
Kingsley Marshall
Principal cast
Tamal Kari, Edward Franklin, Ben Norris.

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Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Early Day Films Limited

Kate Byers, Linn Waite
35 Stanley Hill
Totterdown
Bristol
BS4 3BA
Linn @earlydayfilms.com

Sales Company

Early Day Films Limited

Kate Byers, Linn Waite
35 Stanley Hill
Totterdown
Bristol
BS4 3BA
Linn @earlydayfilms.com

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