Project Detail

The Bagpipe Maker's Baby

Synopsis

A fairy tale with a magic realist twist, it centres on a mix of emotions and ideas around love, community, isolation and family.
Based on a short story, written with the English north-east coast in mind, and in our sometime awful world sets out to be deliberately hopeful.

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
29 min 59 sec
Format
Digital HD
Director
Chris Hopkin
Producer
Emily Brown
Executive Producer
Julian F. Woodford
Editor
Chris Hopkin
Screenwriter
Julian F. Woodford
Director of Photography
Kris Bilski
Production Designer
Saffron Waghorn
Sound
Phil Codd
Composer
Steve Conlon, Quentin Budworth
Principal cast
Richard Avery, Annie Kirkman, Gordon Meredith

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Julian F. Woodford

Dead Bod Films
c/o Humber Film
Unit 4, 161 High Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 1NQ
deadbodfilms@gmail,com

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