Selvedge
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 min 3 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Aleksandra Czenczek
- Producer
- Adriana Kulig, Amina Hassam
- Executive Producer
- Sophia G. Tsitouridou, Mehzeb Chowdhury, Aleksandra Czenczek, Adriana Kulig, Prateek Mathur
- Editor
- Monika Radwanska
- Screenwriter
- Mehzeb Chowdhury
- Director of Photography
- Colin Coomber
- Production Designer
- Lovisa Carlqvist
- Sound
- Tomasz Stec
- Composer
- Jonathan Vincent
- Principal cast
- Amelie Leroy, Olufemi Houghton, Ella-Rose Minott
- VFX Supervisor
- Prateek Mathur
- VFX Lead Artist
- Pawel Ptak
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
An AKA FILM Production and Modalfish Production
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