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 film: Shorts
Format: 35 mm
Director: Sonja Phillips
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

Genre

Action Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

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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