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 film: 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

Genre

Experimental Drama

Production Status

Complete

Sales Company

LUX

Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
UK

+44 (0)20 3141 2960

distribution@lux.org.uk

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