Project Detail

Lift Share

Synopsis

Two strangers meet through a Lift Share website: a young Romanian woman, desperate to find her child, and a Scottish musician reluctant to attend his violent father's funeral. In shifting time perspectives, they imagine what might await them as they journey towards the remote, haunting beauty of the Outer Hebrides.

Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
21 mins 40 secs
Format
2K Digital
Director
Virginia Heath
Producer
Grant Keir
Executive Producer
Paul Welsh, Ross McKenzie, Holly Daniel, Carolynne Sinclair, Cameron Fraser
Editor
Stella Heath Keir, Florian Nonnenmacher
Screenwriter
Virginia Heath, Stella Heath Keir
Director of Photography
Julian Schwanitz
Production Designer
Eve Murray
Sound
Iida Aino
Music
David McAulay
Principal cast
Ana Ularu, Mark Rowley
Casting Director
Kelly Valentine Henry, Hair, Make Up, Costume Designer: Madeleine Drewell, Production Manager: Margarita Veberaite, First Assistant Director: Remo Catani, Rerecording Mixer: Kahl Henderson, ADR, Dialogue Editor, Foley Artist and Editor: Jose Pablo Ramirez

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Faction North Ltd

Grant Keir
34/9 Barony Street
Edinburgh
EH36NY

Sales Company

Faction North Ltd

Grant Keir
34/9 Barony Street
Edinburgh
EH36NY

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