Project Detail

Our Sister

Synopsis

An autistic teenage girl and her sister come to terms with the death of their youngest sibling.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Journey Strand - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
14 mins 58 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Rosie Westhoff
Producer
Fiona Hardingham
Executive Producer
James Stafford, Jody Smith, Tom Payne, Christian Parton
Editor
Sarah Peczek
Screenwriter
Josephine Brown, Bradley Innes Wilson
Director of Photography
Molly Manning-Walker
Production Designer
Jonathan Houlding
Sound
Max Walsh
Composer
Matthew Robert Cooper
Principal cast
Achanti Palmer, Lauren Corah, John McCrea, Demi Goodman

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Production Status

Production Company

Funded by BFI NETWORK

An Adapted Pictures (UK) production. Supported by BFI NETWORK (UK), Cat Dragged In (UK), STUDIO71 (UK), TFI Pond5 Program (US) and Genera (UK)

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