Project Detail

Trifle

Synopsis

Alice, a grieving and disconnected pharmacist struggles with the knowledge that her husband was having an affair before his death. When she encounters ‘the other woman’ mourning her husband’s ghost-bike it forces Alice to confront her detachment, accepting compassion and understanding in the unlikely form of her trifle-loving methadone patient.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min
Director
Mike Callaghan
Producer
Joanne Williamson
Executive Producer
Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Holly Daniels, Sean Greenhorn
Editor
Mark Fraser
Screenwriter
Rachelle Atalla
Director of Photography
Alan McLaughlin
Production Designer
Gail Bowman
Sound
Jonathon McLoone
Composer
Carmen Bradford
Principal cast
Amy Manson, Tam Dean Burn
Gaffer
Robyn O'Donnell
1st Assistant Director
Amy Hogarth
Art Director
Aaron Close
Costume Designer
Kerry McAreavey
Hair & Make Up Artist
Yvonne Lynch
Casting
Simone Pereira Hind and Anna Dawson

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Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

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