Phantom Parrot
Synopsis
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2023
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 82 min
- Director
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Kate Stonehill
- Producer
- Steven Lake
- Co-Producer
- Sorcha Bacon, Seemab Gul
- Executive Producer
- Alex Lieberman, Gary Lieberman, Sandra Whipham
- Director of Photography
- Matthew Bockelman, J.P. Lewis, Ronnie McQuillan, Kate Stonehill
- Composer
- Nainita Desai
- Archive Producer
- Stuart Heaney, James R.M. Hunt
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, UK co-production
Brass Mill Media (UK), Bright West Entertainment (US), Catapult Film Fund (US), Doc Society (UK), Tribeca Film Institute (US), Venus Fly Trap Productions (UK)
Brass Mill Media
Countess of Huntingdon ChapelVineyards
The Paragon
Bath
BA1 5NA
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