Project Detail

The Puppet Asylum

Synopsis

This unpredictable allegorical biopic from a filmmaker with Down Syndrome charts the life of a horned baby through years in captivity and ultimate revenge. Fusing horror, dark comedy, an evocative soundtrack and a foul-mouthed monster, a macabre story of a misunderstood child on a path to controlling their own life.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
32 min 13 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Otto Baxter
Producer
Daisy Allsop, Peter Beard, Bruce Fletcher
Co-Producer
Jeannette Sutton
Executive Producer
Sally Phillips, Poppy Dixon, Hayley Reynolds
Editor
Richard Ketteridge
Screenwriter
Otto Baxter
Director of Photography
Lorenzo Levrini
Production Designer
Kit Falcke
Sound
Aris Anastassopoulos
Composer
Ed Harcourt
Principal cast
Paul Kaye, Myanna Buring, Rebecca Callard, Dexter Fletcher, Adeel Akhtar

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Production Status

Production Company

Story Films / Archface Films

All3Media, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA

Sales Company

Sky Studios / NBCUni

Contact via daisy@archface.co.uk

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