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Pen Mari

A cloaked figure with a horse skull head sat at a table in a pub

Synopsis

In the desperate search for a horse’s skull to lead an ancient folk procession, a man is drawn into the black market for animal body parts.
Official Selection FantasticFest 2025
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Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 min 36 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Siôn Marshall-Waters
Producer
Denzil Monk
Executive Producer
Holly Fraser, Alex Mattinson, Nadia Attia, Alice Cabañas
Editor
Ben Read
Screenwriter
Callum Mitchell
Director of Photography
Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Production Designer
Rowena Zoro
Sound
Laurence Nelson
Composer
Copper Sounds
Principal cast
Rhodri Evan, Jowan Jacobs, Robert Pugh
Costume Designers
Giulia Chini Morgan Richards
HMU Designer
Zoë Pyne
Colourist
Michael Todd

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Bosena Ltd

Denzil Monk
Office No. 4 at Trereife Park Offices
Trereife
Newlyn
Kernow
TR20 8TB

Sales Company

Bosena Ltd

Denzil Monk
Office No. 4 at Trereife Park Offices
Trereife
Newlyn
Kernow
TR20 8TB

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