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Residue

Synopsis

Renowned photojournalist Jennifer Preston, investigates the aftermath of a freak explosion of unknown origin at the center of her hedonistic city. Known simply as ‘the Catastrophe’, this shocking tragedy has left behind a festering wound on the city’s psyche: a several square mile Quarantine Zone (known as the QZ) of evacuated buildings and abandoned streets. Nobody in nobody out! Jennifer begins to see strange ephemeral phantoms in her photographs. She soon becomes obsessed with the idea that a paranormal phenomenon has been unleashed.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 mins
Director
Alex Garcia
Producer
Charlotte Walls, Nigel Thomas
Editor
Tracy Granger
Screenwriter
John Harrison
Director of Photography
Felix Wiedemann
Principal cast
Natalia Tena, Iwan Rheon, Danny Webb, Jamie Draven, Brian Ferguson

Genre

Action Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Gloucester Place Films

Green Screen Productions

Screen Yorkshire

Matador Pictures

20 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 8HA

Sales Company

Content Film

19 Heddon Street
London
W1B 4BG

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