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Never Better

Synopsis

Never Better tells the story of three young people struggling to enter the creative industries in London. Laurence is about to finish art school but has little inspiration. Olivia is putting the 'free' in freelance, and Dylan is fresh off the plane from NYC, promoting her first movie franchise.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 mins
Director
Will McDowell 1st Feature
Producer
Will McDowell, Becan Rickard-Elliot, Tilly Shiner
Director of Photography
Sam Jones
Principal cast
Charly Clive, Geeorgia Somary, Matthew Copson

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Mint and Lime Productions

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