Project Detail

Through the Hawthorn

Synopsis

A session between a psychiatrist, a schizophrenic patient and his mother. Three directors depict the three characters and their perspectives across three screens. When one person's reality is in a different dimension from the others, can those realities ever meet?

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins 28 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Anna Benner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt
Producer
Anna Benner, DR Hood
Editor
Jo Ann Kaplan
Screenwriter
DR Hood
Sound
Jessica Marlowe
Composer
Jessica Marlowe
Principal cast
Mike Sarne, Dominic Cannon, Louise Brekkon Richards

Production Status

Production Company

Anna Benner, DR Hood

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