Project Detail

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

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Broadside Films

Belle Vue
Ferryside
SA17 5ST

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