Project Detail

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Name: Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Director: Robert Valley
Released: 2016
Duration: 35 mins

Synopsis

Acclaimed graphic novelist Robert Valley’s first animated short is the tale of a charismatic but self-destructive friend living on the edge.
The brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Sonic Strand

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 35 mins
Format: DCP
Director: Robert Valley
Producer: Cara Speller
Executive Producer: Andrew Ruhemann
Editor: Robert Valley
Screenwriter: Robert Valley
Production Designer: Robert Valley
Sound: Sound Editor: Adrian Rhodes
Composer: Music Supervisor: Gary Welch; Original Music by Mass Mental and Anitek
Animator: Robert Valley

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Canada, UK coproduction

Massive Swerve Studios (CA), Passion Pictures Animation (UK)

Passion Pictures Animation

Cara Speller
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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Sales Company

c/o Passion Pictures Animation

Cara Speller

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