Project Detail

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion

Name: The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion
Director: Alois Di Leo
Released: 2010
Duration: 8 mins 25 secs

Synopsis

Max is a seven year old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins 25 secs
Format: HDCAM
Director: Alois Di Leo
Producer: Polly Stokes
Editor: Esben B W Askgaard
Screenwriter: Jérémie Dubois
Director of Photography: Benoit Soler
Production Designer: Sophie Neil
Sound: Luis Fernández Garcia
Composer: Paul Pringle
Principal cast: Harry Boyd-Walker, Naomi Frederick, Tristan Sturrock

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Polly Stokes

T +44 (0)7967 821 672

pollystokes@gmail.com

Sales Company

Hemant Sharda

Festivals Office
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 ILG
UK

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festivals@nfts.co.uk

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