Project Detail

The Other Man

Synopsis

These are good days for Sean until the phone call.
 
Premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 2006, where the film won the UK Film Council/Kodak award for best British short.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Format
35mm
Director
D R Hood
Producer
Simon Onwurah
Editor
Claire Pringle
Screenwriter
D R Hood
Director of Photography
John Hoare
Production Designer
Beck Rainford
Sound
John Crossland, Christiano A. Sossi
Principal cast
Neal Barry, Anna Maxwell Martin

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Likely Story Ltd

26d Mount View Road
London N4 4HX
UK

T+44 (0)20 8341 7125

likelystoryltd@aol.com

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