Staying (Aros Mae)
Synopsis
Official Selection Cork International Film Festival 2020 - World premiere
Premiers Plans D’Anger Festival 2021 - Winner - Grand Jury Prize, Best European Short Film
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 min 23 sec
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
-
Zillah Bowes
- Producer
- Jack Thomas-O'Brien
- Executive Producer
- Peter Cox, Alice Whittemore
- Editor
- Matteo Bini
- Screenwriter
- Zillah Bowes
- Director of Photography
- Robbie Ryan
- Production Designer
- Niamh Cleary
- Sound
- Maiken Hansen, Simon Fraser
- Principal cast
- Lisa Jen Brown, Stephen Pugh
- Website
- www.sixteenfilms.co.uk/#/other-projects-at-sixteen-films/
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK
Sixteen Films
Sixteen 'Mist' Ltd2nd Floor
187 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8ZB
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