The Thing That Ate the Birds
Synopsis
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival London 2021
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 min 35 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK and Gunpowder & Sky
Sketchbook Pictures
Grasp The Nettle Films
Lunar Lander Films
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