Palimpsest
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 mins 57 secs
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
-
Pia Borg
- Producer
- Animation Staff
- Screenwriter
- Pia Borg
- Director of Photography
- Pia Borg
- Production Designer
- Pia Borg
- Sound
- Mark Harwood
- Composer
- Pateras, Baxter, Brown
- Principal cast
- Tom Hirst, Tm Goldie, Mark Harwood, Paul Sykes, Emily May, Julie Hermann, Danielle Trigg, Kelly Russell, Christina Rex
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Animation Department
Royal College of ArtKensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
UK
T +44 (0)20 7590 4512
Sales Company
Animation Department
Royal College of ArtKensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
UK
T +44 (0)20 7590 4512
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