Project Detail

The Day After The Party

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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