Project Detail

The Nest Egg

The Nest Egg

Synopsis

The stories of a lonely widower and a precocious young girl unexpectedly converge with the help of a chicken suit.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 2 sec
Format
Arri ALEXA
Director
Lucy Patrick Ward
Producer
Martina Silcock
Executive Producer
Alan Moore
Editor
Robbie Gibbon
Screenwriter
Lee Sutton
Director of Photography
Sarah Cunningham
Production Designer
Madelaine Leech
Sound
Jon Newell, Timothy Siddall, Will Thomas
Composer
Fraya Thomsen
Principal cast
Paul Copley, James Northcote, Lily Bacon-Darwin
Film Image
© Stealing Horses Productions Ltd. Photo Credit Sarah Cunningham

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Production Status

Production Company

Stealing Horses Productions Ltd, Happy Outlier Pictures Limited

c/o Martina Silcock

Sales Company

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