Project Detail

Rhinoceros

Synopsis

Moving in together confronts a couple with inevitable adjustments to their personal autonomy. The dialogue employs the poetic verse structure of the Pantoum, which imitates the entanglement of their commitment and acts as the language of a joined organism: a relationship.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2017

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
3 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Sebastian Buerkner
Producer
James McAleer
Executive Producer
Roxy McKenna
Editor
Micheal Pentney
Screenwriter
Sebastian Buerkner
Director of Photography
James McAleer
Production Designer
Maisie Buckle
Sound
Andy Ludbrook
Principal cast
Kathryn Beaumont, Matt Jamie

Production Status

Sales Company

LUX

Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
UK

+44 (0)20 3141 2960

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