Project Detail

Three-Minute Wonder

Synopsis

Three-minute Wonder explores the qualities of that burning, midsummer heat which makes colours too bright and causes everything to shimmer. The summer holidays which in childhood just seem to go on forever.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 3 mins
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Lucy Baldwyn
Producer: Kate Ogborn, BFI Production
Executive Producer: Kate Ogborn, BFI Production
Editor: Mark Elliott
Director of Photography: Stephen Blackman
Principal cast: Rosie Wiggins, Victoria O'Donnell, Natalie Dew
Screen Writer: Lucy Baldwyn

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dan Films Contact: Paula Cuddy 32 Maple Street London W1P 5GD Tel: 020 7916 4771 Fax: 020 7916 4773

Sales Company

BFI Sales 21 Stephen Street London

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