Project Detail

Mushroom Thief

Joan Ashworth

Synopsis

Swimming through a meadow collecting mushrooms, a girl meets her wildness in the form of a hare. Bang! They are shot. They tumble into the earth. The girl wrestles with her wildness to subdue him and to pay for her mushrooms.

Details

Year: 2011
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 7 mins 12 secs
Format: Digital stills
Director: Joan Ashworth
Producer: Joan Ashworth
Editor: Joan Ashworth
Screenwriter: Joan Ashworth
Director of Photography: Hugh Gordon
Production Designer: Joan Ashworth
Sound: Philippe Ciompi
Composer: Philippe Ciompi
Principal cast: Clare Bennett, James Hutchinson

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Seed Fold Films

The Studio
13 Addington Square
London
SE5 7JZ
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7701 3844
Fax: +44 (0)121 258 8550

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Sales Company

Animation Department

Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7590 4512
Fax: +44 (0)20 7590 4510

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