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If I Were A Butterfly

Synopsis

Going to bed can really take it out of you. Especially if you suffer from insomnia and are stranded alone in an empty hotel, with just the staff and your own fevered imagination for company. As the sleep deprivation takes hold, how do you shrug off the night sweats? Exploring the hotel, and your own troubled thoughts, will send you to many strange places.

Except, of course, to sleep.

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
HD
Director
Simon Lewis
Producer
Northwest vision
Editor
Rob Featherstone
Screenwriter
Matt Cook
Director of Photography
Howard Smith
Production Designer
Peter Rodwell
Sound
Edward Leetham
Composer
Bent Ear
Principal cast
Kieran O' Brien

Genre

Experimental Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Gate Films

109 Timberwharf
Castelfield
Manchester
M15 4LD
UK

T +44 (0)161 832 4888

rhiannon@thegatefilms.com

Sales Company

The Gate Films

www.thegatefilms.com

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