The Wool Aliens
Synopsis
Official Selection Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 28 min
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
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Julia Parks
- Producer
- Jane Somers
- Executive Producer
- Rachael Disbury, Michael Pattison
- Editor
- Saul Pankhurst
- Director of Photography
- Julia Parks
- Sound
- Heather Andrews
- 'The Rolling Hills of the Borders’
- Performed by Gerry Armstrong and George Armstrong with Betsy (Bessie) Whyte, composed by Matt McGinn. Recorded by Barbara McDermitt. 1979. Ref. SA1979.126. The School of Scottish Studies Archives, University of Edinburgh.
Production Status
Production Company
Alchemy Film & Arts
Room 305Heart of Hawick
Hawick
TD9 0AE
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