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Territory

Synopsis

The rock of Gibraltar is shared between two primate species: people and monkeys. The monkeys populated the upper rock long before the latest human inhabitants, the British, arrived, and now, 300 years on, there are tensions between the two. Attempts to expel the monkeys from the town with peashooters are in vain, as the animals rise to the challenges of the new game. This leads the government to resort to more drastic tactics…

A warm and lyrical film about our territorial tendencies as humans.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins 55 secs
Format
avchd
Director
Eleanor Mortimer
Producer
Eleanor Mortimer
Co-Producer
Jacob Thomas
Executive Producer
Dick Fontaine
Editor
Nina Rac
Director of Photography
Eleanor Mortimer
Sound
barry coxhead, florentin tudor
Composer
fraya thomsen
online
Ioannis Sarris

Genre

Woman Director Comedy

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film & Television School

E: eleamortimer@gmail.com

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