Project Detail

Sudden Light

Synopsis

As her dad lies dying in hospital, Mia (16) takes sister Squeeze (12) to walk the dog in the fields by their home. Out there, the landscape shifts around them, they become separated and Mia comes across a strange man, lurking at the edge of a dark wood.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2020 - Short Film Competition

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 54 sec
Director: Sophie Littman
Producer: Tom Wood
Executive Producer: Rachel Robey, Alastair Clark, Charlie Kay, Steffan Allesch-Taylor
Editor: Paco Sweetman, Robbie Gibbon
Screenwriter: Sophie Littman
Director of Photography: Nick Morris
Production Designer: Kat Black
Sound: Adam Laschinger (sound recordist), Tom Jenkins (sound designer)
Composer: Tim Morrish
Principal cast: Esmé Creed-Miles, Millie Ashford, Sam Spruell
Co-Executive Producer: Charlie Kay

Genre

Horror Woman Director Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Wellington Films Limited

Broadway Media Centre
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL

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www.wellingtonfilms.co.uk

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