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Scale

Synopsis

Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his condition deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to this predicament, before he’s lost forever.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Critics' Week Special Screening - World premiere
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2022

Details

Year
2022
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
14 min 55 sec
Director
Joseph Pierce
Producer
Hélène Mitjavile
Editor
Robbie Morrison
Screenwriter
Joseph Pierce, Nicolas Pleskof
Director of Photography
Vanessa Whyte
Production Designer
Milly White
Sound
Dominic Fitzgerald
Music
Lung Dart
Principal cast
Sam Spruell, Zahra Ahmadi, Evelyn Neghabian Pierce, Minou Neghabian Pierce, Aaron Neill, Eddie Chamberlin, Gemma Lokat-Smith

Categories

Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI Short Form Animation Fund

France, UK, Czech Republic, Belgium co-production

Bridge Way Films (UK), Melocoton Films (FR)

Bridge Way Films

Chris Hees

Sales Company

Salaud Morisset

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