Project Detail

Sea Sorrow

Synopsis

Sea Sorrow marks Vanessa Redgrave’s debut as a film director. A very personal, dynamic meditation on the current global migrant crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners and children, the film mixes past and present, documentary and drama in its reflection on the importance of human rights.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Special Screenings

Details

Year: 2017
Type of film: Features
Running time: 74 mins
Director: Vanessa Redgrave 1st Feature
Producer: Carlo Nero
Editor: Folasade Oyeleye
Director of Photography: Andrew Dearden
Sound: Sound Recordist: Martin Clarke, Ariel Sultan; Re-Recording Sound Mixer: Craig Irving, Tim Cavagin
Principal cast: With contributions from: Lord Alf Dubs, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson, Juliet Stephenson, Vanessa Redgrave

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dissent Projects

Twickenham Film Studios
The Barons
Twickenham
TW1 2AW

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Sales Company

Autlook Filmsales Gmbh

Salma Abdalla
Spittelberggasse 3/14
1070 Vienna
Austria

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