Project Detail

Shiney

Synopsis

Two creative but impressionable kids hatch a plan to purchase their first packet of cigarettes, whilst clinging on to their prized possession; an impossible-to-get shiny gold football sticker.

Details

Year: 2020
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 15 min
Format: hd
Director: Paul Holbrook
Producer: Camilla Stoppani
Executive Producer: Alice Cabanas
Editor: Tom Kelpie
Screenwriter: Paul Holbrook, Graeme Willetts
Director of Photography: James Oldham
Production Designer: Jim Brown
Sound: Owen Shirley
Composer: Ben Kwasi-Burrell
Principal cast: Katie Francis, Caleb Stephens, Bruce Jones, Toby Wright

Genre

Children’s Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Paul Holbrook

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www.paulholbrook.co.uk

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