Project Detail

In Search of Silent Landscapes

Synopsis

In Search of Silent Landscapes follows Britain’s top female ultra-distance runner, Sharon Gayter. We learn of her troubled childhood, desire for escape and the hours of pain and solitude that redeemed her.


The film is a portrait of a complex and remarkable woman and a meditation on time, devotion and silence.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
44 mins 40 secs
Format
Digital (5d mark 2)
Director
Caitlin Webb-Ellis 1st Feature
Producer
Andrew Webb-Ellis
Editor
Webb-Ellis
Screenwriter
Caitlin Webb-Ellis
Director of Photography
Andrew Webb-Ellis
Sound
Sezin Tugen, Charlie Shread
Composer
Robert Malone, Cal Williams Jr.
Principal cast
Sharon Gayter

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Production Company

Webb-Ellis

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info@webb-ellis.org

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