Project Detail

PROTO

Synopsis

‘PROTO’: a sci-fi action adventure about a child-like, experimental robot, set in the robotics lab where he has been built. Although PROTO has been made to fulfil the ambitions of his creator, Prof. Andrews, he learns to find his own dreams and ambitions, and the strength needed to realise them.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Format
Digital (RED)
Director
Nick Pittom
Producer
Richard Georg Engström
Executive Producer
Jo Nolan, Miranda Fleming, Erik Crone, Peter Richardson
Editor
Nick Pittom
Screenwriter
Nick Pittom
Director of Photography
Luke Palmer
Production Designer
Thomas Dahl
Sound
Mikkel Groos
Composer
Janine Forrester
Principal cast
Matthew Steer, Mark Aiken
Animation Director
Adam Thompson
Casting
Amanda Tabak

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Production Status

Production Company

Eye Candy Film Group ApS

Wildersgade 32, 3rd Floor
DK-1408 Copenhagen
Denmark

Sales Company

Eye Candy Film Group ApS

Wildersgade 32, 3rd Floor
DK-1408 Copenhagen
Denmark

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