Project Detail

Quarantine

Astrid Goldsmith

Synopsis

A post-Brexit pagan dance fantasy about a troupe of Morris dancing badgers trying to avoid the animal quarantine compound which has been built above their burrow. But when tragedy strikes, a young badger goes rogue and forges a forbidden friendship on the other side of the bars.

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Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins 55 secs
Format: DSLR
Director: Astrid Goldsmith
Producer: Jo Nolan
Executive Producer: Deborah Lee (Wingspan), Emma Cahusac (BBC)
Editor: Anna Dick
Screenwriter: Astrid Goldsmith
Director of Photography: Astrid Goldsmith
Production Designer: Astrid Goldsmith
Sound: Neil Herd
Composer: Craig Gell

Genre

Human Rights Music Woman Director Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mock Duck Studios

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Screen South

The Wedge
75-81 Tontine Street
Folkestone
CT20 1JR

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