Project Detail

Quarantine

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.

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

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Screen South

The Wedge
75-81 Tontine Street
Folkestone
CT20 1JR

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