Project Detail

Take Your Partners

Synopsis

An eight year-old tomboy challenges gender expectations when forced to make an Easter Bonnet with the girls. Then, when confronted with a family with two mums, she begins to question traditional family dynamics. Bravely subverting convention, her vivid imagination and resourcefulness leads her on a journey of discovery around her neighbourhood that will have radical and far reaching effects.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
RED
Director
Siri Rodnes
Producer
Stuart Condy, Sara Forbes
Editor
Dougie Flockhart
Screenwriter
Siri Rodnes
Director of Photography
David Liddell
Production Designer
Eve Murray
Sound
Fabio Santucci
Composer
Geoff Hannan
Principal cast
Lily Graham, Mori Christian, George Anton, Reanne Farley, Julie Duncanson, Gabriella Schmidt, Anna Martine, Mark McKirdy

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