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Pianissimo

Synopsis

A piano teacher is stalked by a disturbed ex-pupil who wants to kill her.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins 49 secs
Format
DVC Pro HiDef
Director
Pat Kelman
Producer
Pippa Best, Sarah-Jane Meredith, Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Co-Producer
Pippa Best, Sarah-Jane Meredith, Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Editor
Pat Kelman
Screenwriter
Pat Kelman
Director of Photography
Paul Godfrey
Production Designer
Miranda Evans
Sound
Andrew Gemmill
Composer
Chopin/Mozart, performed by Thalia Marrington
Principal cast
Heidi Dorschler, Steel Wallis, Sam Coleman

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Imaginative Leap Films

23 Blight's Row
Redruth
Cornwall TR15 1JL
UK

T +44 (0)7961 444 192

info@film.imaginativeleap.co.uk

Sales Company

South West Screen

St Bartholemew's Court
Lewins Mead
Bristol BS1 5BT
UK

T +44 (0)11 7952 9977

sarah-jane@swscreen.co.uk

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