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My Name is Sarah Hayward

Hugh Macdonald

Synopsis

Judge Dunn wakes from his slumber, greeted by a figure at the window. A woman. She speaks. He asks her name and she replies, 'My name is Sarah Hayward.' The Judge ponders frantically as four sour words spill from the woman’s mouth. 'I KILLED MY SON.'

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins 46 secs
Format: HDV
Director: Josh O' Brien
Producer: Ben Williams
Editor: Josh O' Brien
Screenwriter: Josh O' Brien
Director of Photography: Pete Wallington
Production Designer: JP Frazer
Sound: Mike Peter Reed, Josh O' Brien
Composer: Stephen Frost
Principal cast: Charlotte Hunter, Edmund Dehn, Ryan Mathie, Graham Price, Luis Higgins, Bethany Webb
1st AD: KC Thiruchelvam
Camera: Keven Magee
Lighting Assistants: John Miguel King, Gary Comerford, Paul Bertelotti, Bryan Romaine

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

OTTfilms

info@ottfilms.co.uk

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