In the Same Breath
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 3 min 13 sec
- Director
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Daksha Patel
- Producer
- Daksha Patel
- Editor
- Andrea Pazos
- Sound
- Kiran Brown
- Creative Coder
- Chris Ball
- Commissioned by
- Animate Projects in partnership with Phoenix Leicester and QUAD Derby. Supported by Arts Council England’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund
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Production Status
Sales Company
Animate Projects
45 Empress RoadDerby
DE23 6TD
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