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The Wake Up

A woman sleeping

Synopsis

In a post-Brexit Europe, deadly viruses are for sale and espionage is back in business. Sick with the terminal virus that killed all her team, an ex-special agent has vivid dreams of the partner whose death she's responsible for.
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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 55 sec
Director
Clara Veci 1st Feature
Producer
Clara Veci
Editor
Paolo Buzzetti
Screenwriter
Clara Veci
Director of Photography
Rick Joaquim
Production Designer
Clara Veci
Sound
James Harrison
Composer
Leon Vynehall
Principal cast
Paul Collin-Thomas, Michael Shelford, Clara Veci

Genre

Climate / Environment Drama Sci-Fi Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Red Haze Films

Clara Veci
Unit 4.07 Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ

Sales Company

Red Haze Films

Clara Veci
Unit 4.07 Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ

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