Project Detail

The Day After The Party

Name: The Day After The Party
Director: Diyala Muir
Genre: Experimental, Woman Director, Comedy
Released: 2016
Duration: 5 mins 52 secs

Synopsis

An anxious young girl makes her way through Brixton market. Memory and fantasy slowly weave themselves into the chaotic street scene, engulfing her into a sinister world of talking fish, weeping sunflowers and a suspiciously haunting grin.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 5 mins 52 secs
Format: Digital
Director: Diyala Muir
Producer: Royal College of Art
Editor: Diyala Muir
Screenwriter: Diyala Muir
Production Designer: Diyala Muir
Sound: Doug Haywood
Composer: Yusef Sayigh
Principal cast: Olga Makarchuk, Ian Gabb

Genre

Experimental Woman Director Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Royal College of Art, Animation

Jane Colling
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
animation @rca.ac.uk

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