Tell It to the Bees
Synopsis
A heart-wrenching portrait of a love against all odds.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 106 mins
- Director
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Annabel Jankel
- Producer
- Daisy Allsop, Nick Hill, Annabel Jankel, Nik Bower, Laure Vaysse
- Co-Producer
- Sean Whelan, Tomas Eskilsson
- Executive Producer
- Deepak Nayar, Alison Owen, Ben Roberts, Lizzie Francke, Sunny Vohra, Ross McKenzie
- Editor
- Jon Harris, Maya Maffioli
- Screenwriter
- Henrietta Ashworth (adaptation), Jessica Ashworth (adaptation), Fiona Shaw (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Bartosz Nalazek
- Production Designer
- Andy Harris
- Composer
- Claire M. Singer
- Principal cast
- Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliot, Lauren Lyle, Kate Dickie
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Motion Picture Capital and the BFI in association with Creative Scotland present a Reliance Entertainment Productions 8 production in association with Taking A Line For A Walk, Archface Films, Riverstone Pictures and Cayenne Film Company, in association with Twickenham Studios, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films and Film Constellation
Motion Picture Capital
18 Soho SquareLondon
W1D 3QL
Riverstone Pictures
72 Wells StreetLondon
W1T 3QF
Sales Company
Film Constellation
2nd Floor11 - 13 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 1RH
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