Project Detail

Iona

Synopsis

Iona and her teenage son seek refuge from a violent crime among a religious community on the island where she was born. Iona's return exposes her tormented son Bull to a way of life she rejected when she left the island as a teenager and sends a shock wave through the family she left behind. Scott Graham's follow up to his award-winning first feature Shell.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of film: Features
Running time: 85 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Scott Graham
Producer: Margaret Matheson
Executive Producer: Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Ian Davies, Rebecca Long
Editor: Florian Nonnenmacher
Screenwriter: Scott Graham
Director of Photography: Yoliswa von Dallwitz
Production Designer: Stephen Mason
Sound: Chris Campion, Douglas MacDougall
Principal cast: Ruth Negga, Ben Gallagher, Douglas Henshall, Tom Brooke, Michelle Duncan, Sorcha Groundsell

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bard Entertainments Ltd

57 Walnut Tree Walk
London
SE11 6DN

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