Strange Beasts
Synopsis
Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Short Film Competition
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 5 mins 20 secs
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Magali Barbe
- Producer
- Magali Barbe
- Co-Producer
- Peregrine McCaferty, Red Knuckles
- Executive Producer
- Magali Barbe
- Editor
- Magali Barbe
- Screenwriter
- Magali Barbe
- Director of Photography
- Anthony Guiry
- Production Designer
- Amelie Guyot; Designer: Jonathan Djob Nkondo
- Sound
- Pierre Vedovato
- Composer
- Pierre Vedovato
- Principal cast
- Timothy Renouf, Poppy Polivnick
- VFX Artists
- Maickel Pasta, Dean Frater, Joffrey Zeitouni, Philippe Moine.
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Peanut VFX
Amelie Guyot12 Ramsgate Street
London
E8 2NA
Red Knuckles
Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele19-23 Kingsland Road
London
E2 8AA
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