Invisible Barriers
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 2 mins 6 secs
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Mustashrik Mahbub
- Producer
- Alex Halley
- Co-Producer
- Valerie Messersi
- Executive Producer
- Partizan, Freuds, Girl Effect.org
- Editor
- Mustashrik Mahbub, Kevin Konak
- Screenwriter
- Mustashrik Mahbub, Seb Royce, Basset Ikpi, Girl Effect.org
- Director of Photography
- Mustashrik Mahbub
- Production Designer
- Mustashrik Mahbub
- Sound
- Ed Downham, Wave Studios
- Composer
- Wave Studios
- Principal cast
- Bassey Ikpi
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Sales Company
CUT-UP GmbH (Festival Bookings)
Moritz Schneider & Andrea SponrigHopfenstrasse 19
Zürich
CH-8045
Switzerland
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