Project Detail

Staying (Aros Mae)

Synopsis

A woman from the city has a brief but life-changing connection with a hill farmer and the landscape in remote mid-Wales.
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/

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Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Sixteen Films

Sixteen 'Mist' Ltd
2nd Floor
187 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8ZB

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