Project Detail

The Pond

Synopsis

For Maisie, the Pond is a place to escape her troubled home life and explore her strengthening allure to the boys, it is the place where she holds all the power over them. What she doesn't know is that it also holds a deep dark secret.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Format
35 mm
Director
Sonja Phillips
Producer
Nicola Doring, Claire Neate James, Sonja Phillips
Co-Producer
Nicola Doring, Claire Neate James, Sonja Phillips
Editor
Jon Harris
Screenwriter
Sonja Phillips
Director of Photography
Mary Farbrother
Production Designer
James Thompson
Sound
Ben Hooper
Composer
And
Principal cast
Beth Pope, Rory Bain, Theo Hodkins

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

andSOME Films

5 Gainsborough Studios West
1 Poole Street
London N1 5EA
UK

sonjaphillips@andsomefilms.com

HSI London

Royalty House
72 Dean Street
London, W1
UK

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