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Sunflower Thieves

A woman and a man in the sunshine by the sea, both clutching several sunflowers
A woman behind the wheel of an open-topped car in motion, holding one sunflower to her nose
A woman and a dog sit on the beach at dusk. The dog looks at the woman, the woman looks out to sea. There are buildings and lights in the disatnce.
Hills and a moody sky are the backdrop to someone studying a map in an open-topped car, parked by a bus shelter.

Synopsis

On the verge of walking into the Spanish sea, Ava is pulled back to life by Paddy, a stray dog with a collar that leads her across Andalusia. Determined to return him home to Granada, she encounters eccentric strangers, fleeting love with a sunflower thief, and betrayal by an old woman.
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Details

Year
2025
Type of film
Features
Running time
100 min
Format
Digital, 4K
Director
Hector Gifford
Producer
Hector Gifford, Olivia Gifford
Executive Producer
Mike Xanthakis, Oli Marlow-Thomas, Jeremy Bailey, James MacDougald, Nyeonkyung Oh, Fergus Gifford
Editor
Hector Gifford
Screenwriter
Hector Gifford
Director of Photography
Marc Meier
Sound
Miguel Rodriguez
Composer
Frederick Waxman
Principal cast
Serena Yagoub, Adrià Escudero, Jacqueline Münemann
Sound Design
Pär Carlsson, Sam Mason
Production Manager
Willie Courtney
Credit Sequence
Linus Weber

Genre

Adventure Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Fool For Thought Film

Olivia Gifford
c/o 80 Eccleston Square
London

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