Project Detail

The Swing of It

Synopsis

When a middle aged couple decide to attend the local swingers party, in the hope to save their frozen marriage, they are disappointed to see they are the only attendees, worse yet the hosts are a couple of stuck up liberals who have a opposed their planning permission. What follows is a night of brutal honesty and small town politics.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Director: Douglas Ray
Producer: Louise Palmkvist, Kristina P. Göncu
Executive Producer: Abigail Berry, Milan Krsljanin
Editor: Patrick Stein, Douglas Ray
Screenwriter: Violet Myers
Director of Photography: Richard Dunton
Production Designer: Zuzanna Skurtys
Sound: Sound Mixer and Sound Design: Andrej Bako
Principal cast: Di Botcher, Phil Davis, Amanda Donohoe, James Wilby

Genre

Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Film Embassy Ltd

Louise Palmkvist

louisepalmkvist@gmail.com

Sales Company

c/o Film Embassy Ltd

Louise Palmkvist

louisepalmkvist@gmail.com

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