Project Detail

School Disco

Synopsis

School Disco is about embarrassment. Set in pre-teen school gym, we follow a number of likely lads and lasses as they try out their bogus 'adult' personas for the first time.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins 20 secs
Format
35mm Digi Beta
Director
Brian Wood
Producer
Chris Shepherd
Editor
Jane Hicks
Screenwriter
Brian Wood
Sound
Jane Hicks
Composer
Rowland Vee
Principal cast
Lydia Hrela, Julie Maisey, Tom Oldham, Gordon Parnis, Alex Mason, Neil Webber, David Benson, Nadine Mathias

Production Status

Production Company

Polkadot Productions Ltd

83 Clernenwell Road, London EGR 5AR
UK

T 020 7831 4002

chris@polkadot.screaming.net

Sales Company

Channel 4 International

124 Horseferry Road London SW1 2TX
UK

T 020 7396 4444

www.channel4.international.com

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