Project Detail

Starfish

Synopsis

When Tom puts his small daughter to bed one chilly December evening, he has everything a man could want – a beautiful wife and a second baby on the way to complete their perfect family. By the next morning, all is in jeopardy as Tom succumbs to a devastating illness.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Features
Running time: 98 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Bill Clark
Producer: Pippa Cross, Mel Paton, Ros Hubbard
Executive Producer: Claire Best, Joanne Froggatt, Julian Gleek, Debbie Gray, Phil Hunt, Peter Lang, Robert Little, Diana Phillips, Compton Ross
Editor: Carmela Iandoli
Screenwriter: Bill Clark
Director of Photography: Clive Norman
Production Designer: David Bryan
Sound: Craig Barlow
Composer: Paul Saunderson
Principal cast: Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley, Phoebe Nicholls, Michele Dotrice
Associate Producer: Sam Tipper-Hale

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A CrossDay Productions, Origami Films, Genesius Pictures, What's The Story?, Unlimited Pictures production

CrossDay Productions

Goose Charlton
195 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8ZG

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Sales Company

The Little Film Company

3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd
#807
Studio City
CA 91604
USA

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