Project Detail

Invisible Manners

Synopsis

An animated short film on "invisible conditions" and the experiences of those affected – it features the voices of Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Outlander), Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Man Down, Damned), Weruche Opia (I May Destroy You, Bad Education, Sliced), and members and friends of the NPUK/INPDA community.
This project has been developed closely with the charity's community in order to illustrate the many emotions and challenges an individual with an invisible condition can face on a daily basis. By using a mixture of animation, photography, and narrated lines read by stars from both outside and inside of our community, the film hopes to raise awareness of both Niemann-Pick disease(s) and invisible conditions more broadly...as "not all that you can see, is everything that is there"…and there are far more similarities than differences when it comes to the lived experiences of those affected by rare, genetic and/or invisible conditions.

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 min 33 sec
Director
John Lee Taggart
Producer
Niemann-Pick UK
Co-Producer
James Brooks, James Keeble
Executive Producer
Eleanor Lily Taggart
Editor
John Lee Taggart, Lingxi Zhang
Screenwriter
John Lee Taggart
Director of Photography
Lingxi Zhang
Production Designer
Lingxi Zhang
Sound
Simeon Soden
Composer
Scott Ampleford
Principal cast
Voice cast includes: Billy Boyd, Isy Suttie, Weruche Opia

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Production Status

Production Company

Niemann-Pick UK (NPUK)

Suite 2 Vermont House,
Washington
NE37 2SQ

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