Project Detail

Touched

Nicola Holden

Synopsis

'A church offers refuge on a hot day' insists the bin man to the priest in Touched. But the cool interior fails to calm the visitor. He grows more menacing. A struggle between the two looks likely, but the cause may be more than a touch of madness on a summer's day.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins 40 secs
Format: DigiBeta
Director: Paul Sapin
Producer: Paul Sapin
Editor: Dave Reynolds
Screenwriter: Cathy Crabb
Director of Photography: Tony Coldwell
Production Designer: Andy Hare
Sound: Andy Boag
Composer: Elbow
Principal cast: Neil Bell, Richard Sails

Genre

Action Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Xray Spex Films Ltd

28 Mauldeth Road West
Withington
Manchester M20 3EG
UK

T+44 (0)16 1445 0998

sapin@xray.u-net.com

Sales Company

Xray Spex Films Ltd

28 Mauldeth Road West
Withington
Manchester M20 3EG
UK

T+44 (0)16 1445 0998

sapin@xray.u-net.com

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