The Waiting Room
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 16 min 54 sec
- Format
- VR
- Director
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Victoria Mapplebeck
- Producer
- Shehani Fernando
- Co-Producer
- Darren Emerson, Victoria Mapplebeck
- Executive Producer
- Darren Emerson, Catherine Allen
- Editor
- Conan Roberts, Jack Howard, Anton Yavorsky
- Screenwriter
- Victoria Mapplebeck
- Director of Photography
- Darren Emerson
- Sound
- John Wakefield, Henrik Oppermann
- Composer
- ‘Every Time We Say Goodbye’ Written by Cole Porter. Performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
East City Films
13 -14 Great Sutton StLondon
EC1V 0BX
Sales Company
East City Films
13 -14 Great Sutton StLondon
EC1V 0BX
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