The Stroker
Synopsis
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Perspectives - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 15 min
- Director
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Pilvi Takala
- Producer
- Pilvi Takala
- Editor
- Elisa Purfürst
- Screenwriter
- Iona Roisin, Pilvi Takala
- Director of Photography
- Katharina Dießner
- Sound
- Christian Obermaier, Karl Laeufer, Luke David Harris
- Principal cast
- Laura Hemming-Lowe, Manos Koutsis, Iona Roisin, Matthew Moorhouse
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Finland, UK co-production
A Pilvi Takala production with support from: Finnish Institute in London, Kone Foundation, Second Home, TAIKE, AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
Sales Company
AV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art
Tallberginkatu 1 C 7600180 Helsinki
Finland
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