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It's Not Custard

Synopsis

The darkly comic story of Louise, a teenager suffering unrelenting acne and continual bullying who is a granted a delicious revenge.
Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Midnight Shorts Competition
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Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins 24 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Kate McCoid
Producer
Alison Wroblewski
Executive Producer
Dan Cleland
Editor
Matthew Cannings
Screenwriter
Kate McCoid
Director of Photography
Ann Evelin Lawford
Production Designer
Stephanie Williams; Prosthetics: Waldo Mason
Sound
Nick Freemantle
Composer
Yann McCullough
Principal cast
Charlotte Luxford, Kate Leiper, Donal Cox

Genre

Horror Woman Director Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lions Den Films

PO Box 74367
London
E2 2ED

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