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Jackdaw

Synopsis

A troubled vagabond who helps strangers bring an end to their suffering is forced into a reckoning with his own moral duties as a father.
JACKDAW is a dark, experimental drama that explores the emotional complexity bound to the debate on euthanasia.

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min 59 sec
Format
4:3
Director
Mac Nixon
Producer
Dan Bailey, Ed Casey
Co-Producer
Ioan Ings
Executive Producer
Gwenfair Hawkins, Miguela Gonzalez, Helen Perry
Editor
Josh Williams
Screenwriter
Mac Nixon
Director of Photography
Andrew Toovey
Production Designer
Abigail Hubbard
Sound
Nick Davies
Composer
Sion Trefor
Principal cast
Sule Rimi, Lauren Clarke, Valmai Jones

Genre

Experimental Human Rights Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Broadside Films

Belle Vue
Ferryside
SA17 5ST

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