Safe
Synopsis
A tense, quietly powerful drama about the weight of responsibility and the courage it takes to listen.
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 20 min 24 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Govind Chandran
- Producer
- Lucie Rugby, Fran St Clair
- Executive Producer
- Jeremy Theobald
- Editor
- Govind Chandran
- Screenwriter
- Govind Chandran, Kelsey Cooke
- Director of Photography
- Jamie Laxton
- Sound
- Benjamin Doherty
- Composer
- Benjamin Doherty
- Principal cast
- Kelsey Cooke, Fran St Clair, Olivia D'Lima
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Niall Murphy, James Wakenell, Emily Kontu
- Colourist
- Conor Tychowski
- Assistant Director
- Grace Thornley
- Production Assistant
- T. Luke Holmes, James Wakenell
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Govind Chandran
Oxford Brookes UniversityHeadington Campus
Oxford
OX3 0BP
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