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Point Annihilation

Synopsis

A young surfer is caught between his dominating mentor and his passion for a mysterious Maori woman tattooist. Despite warnings that she could be the sea goddess of death, he is drawn into her ambiguous world of pain and pleasure. A dangerous, erotic journey of surf, sex and ritual tattoo.

Details

Year
2005
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
30 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Virginia Heath
Producer
Grant Keir, Peter Day
Editor
Steve Sprung
Screenwriter
Virginia Heath, Peter Day
Director of Photography
Grant McKinnon
Sound
Tim Prebble
Music
Kinema
Principal cast
Bruce Hopkins, Cherie James, Ray Bishop, Rowan Macmillan

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Faction Films/Faction North Ltd in association with

Cubemedia and WETA Digital
26 Shacklewell Lane
London E8 0AB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7690 4446

grantkeir@aol.com

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