The Witches
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 6 mins 15 secs
- Format
- 35mm, Digibeta, Beta SP, VHS
- Director
-
Elizabeth Hobbs
- Producer
- Ken Anderson
- Editor
- Mark Jenkins
- Screenwriter
- Morag McKinnon
- Director of Photography
- Elizabth Hobbs
- Sound
- John Cobban
- Music
- Philip Pinsky
- Principal cast
- Colin McLaren (All Voices)
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Red Kite Animations
89 Giles StreetEdinburgh EH6 6BZ, Scotland
UK
T+44 (0)13 1554 0060
Sales Company
Bryony McIntyre
Short Film Distribution OfficerScottish Screen
249 West George Street
Glasgow G2 4QE, Scotland
UK
T +44 (0)14 1302 1756
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