Project Detail

Once Upon a Time

Synopsis

Some people kill for a happy ending.
Dorothy is having a bad day; she's a professional children's TV presenter, and her air of perfection is about to crack, leaving millions of viewers in shock, not to mention the children!

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins 30 sec
Director
Deloris Collins
Producer
Jeanne Chevalier, Harpal Deol
Executive Producer
Caroline McKenzie, Deloris Collins
Editor
Steven Waltham
Screenwriter
Caroline McKenzie
Director of Photography
Federica Arevalo
Sound
Mervyn Gerrard
Composer
Simon Coleman, Jim Blake PRS Music
Principal cast
Amy Burke, Colin Emerson, Ali Roumani,

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