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Synopsis

A UK sweatshop, 1987. Management is desperate to dispel the mysterious phenomenon spreading amongst the seamstresses: full-body possessions. Instead, the oppressive environment puts three women on a collision course with the draconian factory foreman and causes one sceptical worker to realise what she's witnessing isn't mass hysteria—it's a strike.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 30 sec
Director
Ruby Mastrodimos
Producer
Oliver Staton, Henry Hayton-Iles
Co-Producer
Meaghan Taylor
Executive Producer
James Tripp Pair, Don White
Editor
Benjamin Sivó
Screenwriter
Ruby Mastrodimos
Director of Photography
Nizah Elias
Production Designer
Mimi Vlaovic
Sound
Chuqiao Pan, Ruby Mastrodimos
Composer
Lily Mastrodimos
Principal cast
Abigail Richardson, Lynne Payne, Hannah Walter Russell, Adam Smethurst

Genre

Horror Woman Director Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9UB

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