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The Thing That Ate the Birds

Synopsis

Head Gamekeeper Abel discovers the thing that is eating his grouse. His blunt and violent response brings the menace back home shattering his already crumbling relationship with his wife.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival London 2021

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Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 min 35 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Dan Gitsham, Sophie Mair
Producer: Rebecca Wolff, Jude Goldrei
Co-Producer: Sophie Mair
Executive Producer: Floris Bauer, Sophie Carroll, Jack Buckley, Neville Pierce, Alice Cabanas and Alix Taylor
Editor: James Taggart
Screenwriter: Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham
Director of Photography: James Oldham
Production Designer: Tom Atkins
Sound: Andrew Layfield
Composer: KRANTZ
Principal cast: Eoin Slattery, Rebecca Palmer, Lewis Mackinnon, James Swanton

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Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK and Gunpowder & Sky

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