Project Detail

Scheme Birds

Name: Scheme Birds
Director: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Genre: Woman Director
Released: 2019
Duration: 90 min

Synopsis

As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where “you either get knocked up or locked up,” innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Documentary Competition - World premiere
Winner: Best Documentary Feature Award; Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 – The Changing Face of Europe

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 min
Director: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Producer: Mario Adamson, Ruth Reid
Editor: Hanna Lejonqvist SFK
Screenwriter: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Director of Photography: Ellinor Hallin

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Sweden co-production

Gid Films (UK), Sisyfos Film Production (SE)

Sales Company

Syndicado

121 Beaconsfield Avenue
Toronto
Canada

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