Project Detail

Sick

Synopsis

As Brian's story slides backwards through 15 years of therapy, his daughter's crashes forwards over one devastating night and they collide on that evening - the catalyst of his condition.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Mike Rymer
Producer
Christine Hartland
Editor
Rosa Bond
Screenwriter
Mike Rymer
Director of Photography
Sam Garwood
Production Designer
Emma Saunders
Sound
Joel Cahen, Jamie Roden, Matthew Gough
Composer
Innes Johnston
Principal cast
Alan Breck, Joanna Alexander, Michael Selwood, Natasha Bain, David Roylance, Peter Wear, Andrea Deeley

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

EgoProject Films and Patchwork Productions

Sales Company

Dazzle Short Film Label

Unit P102, Penn Street Studio
23 - 28 Penn Street,
Hoxton, London, N1 5DL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7739 7716

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