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On This Island

Synopsis

Black comedy set against the current economic turmoil. Hadrian is a young civil servant tasked with protecting British economic interests in Athens. Maria is his Greek language tutor, an immigrant preparing to take a citizenship test which requires her to display skill in a bizarre number of disciplines.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins 56 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Matthew Hammett Knott
Producer
Louise Simpson
Executive Producer
Farhana Bhula
Editor
Jean Fenning
Screenwriter
Matthew Hammett Knott
Director of Photography
Brian Fawcett
Production Designer
Donna-Marie Howard
Sound
John Baker
Composer
Eugene Feygelson
Principal cast
Michele Valley, James Norton

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Young Films

10 Amwell Street
London
EC1R 1UQ

Tel: +44 (0)20 7843 4418

louise@youngfilms.co.uk

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