Project Detail

Truck

Synopsis

The apocalypse has arrived and the only way out is in the back of a truck. A middle class family flee the city. The truck stops to pick up new passengers, triggering a meltdown of the family dynamic. But who will make it to the end?

Details

Year
2016
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
19 mins
Format
4k
Director
Rob Curry
Producer
Farhana Bhula
Executive Producer
Tom Nash, Paul Ashton, Hilary Bevan Jones
Editor
Francesco Caradonna
Screenwriter
Anthony Fletcher
Director of Photography
Pau Castejón
Production Designer
Elizabeth Melinek
Sound
Joel Cahen
Principal cast
Alan Westaway, Nicholas Moss, Camilla Power

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