Project Detail

Pipe Dreams

Synopsis

Helen’s got a hot date; it’s all part of her plan to be a “better”
woman. But as the cracks start to show, is it Helen who’s
going to be too much for him, or her plumbing?
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Laugh Strand

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins 30 secs
Director
Christa Jarrold
Producer
Fawzia Mahmood
Editor
Ross Leppard
Screenwriter
Christa Jarrold
Director of Photography
Jermaine Canute Bradley Edwards
Sound
Michael Roy Johnson
Composer
Rebecca Dale
Principal cast
Bel Powley, Maya Kazan, Lewis Reeves

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Hemant Sharda
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Hemant Sharda
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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