Project Detail

Pompeii

Synopsis

Tam gets the first tube home alone. In just a crop-top and high-waisted jeans he re-lives his Halloween night out.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Create Strand - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins
Format
16mm, iPhone
Director
Harry Lighton, Marco Alessi, Matthew Jacobs Morgan
Producer
Sorcha Bacon
Executive Producer
Lauren Dark, Celine Coulson
Editor
Julie Buckland
Screenwriter
Harry Lighton, Marco Alessi, Matthew Jacobs Morgan
Director of Photography
Molly Manning Walker
Sound
Fred Pearson
Composer
Tom Foskett-Barnes
Principal cast
Otamere Guobadia, David Shields, Brian Martin

Production Status

Production Company

Try Hard Films

35 Glenshaw Mansions
Brixton Road
SW9 0DS

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