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System

Synopsis

Set entirely inside a shopping centre, SYSTEM follows the interactions between two sisters; one anxious about her personal safety, the other concerned with the invisible threat of infection. The sterile atmosphere of the environment quickly becomes menacing as the women’s personal safety systems begin to fail.
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Details

Year
2014
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Cecilia Stenbom
Producer
Gerry Maguire
Editor
Harry Jenkinson
Screenwriter
Cecilia Stenbom
Director of Photography
Emma Dalesman
Production Designer
Kate Eccles
Sound
Andy Ludbrook
Composer
Ziad Jabero
Principal cast
Georgina Wilkes, Arabella Arnott, Aiste Gramantaite
Producer
Mark Chapman
Casting Director
Aiste Gramantaite
1st Assistant Director
Jack Tarling
Gaffer
Kev Todd
Focus Puller
Tom Finch
2nd AC/DIT
Andrew Binns
Camera Trainee
Charles Bradlaugh
Location Manager
Chris Younger
Production Assistant
Callum Costello
2nd AD
Aiste Gramantaite
3rd AD
Chris Andrew
Make Up Artist
Sherilyn Anjelika Oliphant
Runner
Alex Rea
Runner
Joanne McCormick
Assembly Editor
Sam Goldwater
Colourist
Susumu Asano

Genre

Woman Director Experimental

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pins & Needles Media

E: gerry@pinsandneedlesmedia.com

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