The Damned
Synopsis
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 89 min
- Director
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Thordur Palsson 1st Feature
- Producer
- Conor Barry, Tim Headington, Kamilla Hodol, Emilie Jouffroy, Nate Kamiya, John Keville, Theresa Steele Page
- Co-Producer
- Benoit Roland
- Executive Producer
- Dave Bishop, Luane Gauer, John P Gleeson, George Hamilton, Oisín O'Neill, James Pugh
- Editor
- Tony Cranstoun
- Screenwriter
- Thordur Palsson (story), Jamie Hannigan (script)
- Director of Photography
- Eli Arenson
- Principal cast
- Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Siobhan Finneran, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery, Lewis Gribben, Francis Magee, Mícheál Óg Lane, Andrean Sigurgeirsson
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund (UK), Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland (IE), Wallimage (BE)
UK, Iceland, Ireland, US co-production
An Elation Pictures (UK), Wild Atlantic Pictures (IE), Netop Films (IS), Ley Line Entertainment (US) production, in co-production with Join Motion Pictures (IS), Wrong Men (BE).
Elation Pictures
Emilie JouffroySales Company
Protagonist Pictures
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