Joy
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 mins 30 secs
- Format
- 35mm Cinemascope
- Director
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Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
- Producer
- Joe Lawlor
- Screenwriter
- Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
- Director of Photography
- Ole Birkeland
- Sound
- Fonic
- Composer
- Dennis McNulty
- Principal cast
- Sonia Saville, Annie Townsend, Charlene James
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Desperate Optimists
LondonUK
T +44 (0)7870 431 722
Sales Company
Desperate Optimists
LondonUK
T +44 (0)7870 431 722
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