Project Detail

Throw Me to the Dogs

Synopsis

A troubled teenage boy, growing up in a dreamless wilderness and isolated from those around him, is stripped of his dignity as his father abandons him for the outside world which he is trying to retreat from.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Director
Aaron Dunleavy, Joseph Ollman
Producer
Helena Lageder
Executive Producer
Piers Thompson
Editor
Dale Mensah
Screenwriter
Aaron Dunleavy, Joseph Ollman
Director of Photography
Christopher Spurdens
Production Designer
Isabel Walker, Rachel Randle
Sound
Jake Lacey, James Hibbert, Nick Mitchell
Principal cast
Jack Hartley, Lewis Bradshaw, Peter Quinn

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Categories

Production Status

Production Company

University of the Arts London

272 High Holborn

London WC1V 7EY
United Kingdom

http://www.arts.ac.uk

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