Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Synopsis
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - World premiere
BAFTA Film Awards 2020 - Winner - Best British Short Film
Academy Awards 2020 - Winner - Best Documentary Short Subject
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 39 min
- Director
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Carol Dysinger
- Producer
- Elena Andreicheva
- Executive Producer
- Orlando von Einsiedel, Molly Thompson, Colleen Conway Grogan, Marissa Grasso, Liz Gately
- Editor
- Mary Manhardt
- Director of Photography
- Lisa Rinzler
- Composer
- Sasha Gordon
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Grain Media
Unit 3 Ashby SpaceAshby Mews
London
SE4 1TB
Sales Company
A&E Networks
Julie La Pointe+1 212 210 1400 ext 5486
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