Project Detail

Quicken

Name: Quicken
Director: Victoria Beattie
Genre: Scottish, Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 13 mins 32 secs

Synopsis

Filters and lines, salty mouths, a family on the edge of the sea.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins 32 secs
Format: Video
Director: Victoria Beattie
Producer: Paul Welsh, Caroline Cooper Charles
Co-Producer: Paul Welsh, Caroline Cooper Charles
Editor: Ida Bregninge
Screenwriter: Victoria Beattie
Director of Photography: Marcel Zyskind
Production Designer: James Lapsley
Sound: Stuart Wilson
Principal cast: Pamela Drynan, Tom Hayes, Rosa Edwards, John McFarlane

Genre

Scottish Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Victoria Beattie

41 Crane Road
Twickenham
TW2 6RX

victoria@victoriabeattie.com

Sales Company

Edge City Films

E: paul@digicult.com

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