Project Detail

The Company We Keep

Synopsis

When the film maker's grandmother tells him that one day he will inherit her shares in the mining corporation Rio Tinto, he heads off around the UK to investigate the company's legacy at home. But the light hearted comedy soon turns sour.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 24 mins
Format: Beta SP. Digi Beta
Director: Simon Chambers
Producer: Simon Chambers
Editor: Benjamin Putland
Screenwriter: Simon Chambers
Director of Photography: Vladmir Trivic, Jake Corbett
Sound: Tarn Willers
Music: Evan Jolly

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Sales Company

rjenkins@nftsfilm-tv.ac.org

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