The Prevailing Winds
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 mins
- Director
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Adam Butcher
- Producer
- Caroline Demopoulos
- Editor
- Napoleon Stratogiannakis
- Screenwriter
- Lawrie Doran
- Director of Photography
- Michael Paleodimos
- Production Designer
- Hannah Knowlton
- Sound
- Sound Design: Andy Stewart, Patrick Burniston; Sound Recordist: Andrew Layfield
- Music
- Original Score: Alex Bingham; Sound and Music: String and Tins
- Principal cast
- Lydia Leonard, Morfydd Clark, Jack Greenlees
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by Film London, London Calling scheme
Caroline Demopoulos
Sales Company
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