Project Detail

The Space You Leave

Synopsis

Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone.

But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 54 secs
Format
HDV
Director
James Newton
Producer
Anna Higgs, Gavin Humphries
Editor
Kristian Hove
Director of Photography
James Newton
Sound
James Newton, Christopher Wilson
Composer
Chris White

Production Status

Production Company

Quark Films Limited

10 Denmark Street
London WC2H 8LS
UK

T +44 (0)7714 237 776

Sales Company

Quark Films Limited

10 Denmark Street
London WC2H 8LS
UK

T +44 (0)7714 237 776

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