Project Detail

Turning

Synopsis

On his sixth birthday Robert receives three beautiful old ladies in his mother's sitting room. Through his eyes we visit the memory of an afternoon: gifts scuttle across the floor, strange visions appear between knobbly knees, and the bird-like ladies tell a magical tale of an emperor with no skin.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Karni Arieli, Saul Freed
Producer
Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
Executive Producer
Daniel Bergman, Claire Spencer Cook, Robert Herman, Luke Jacobs, Emily Kyriakides
Editor
Kate Owen
Screenwriter
Karni and Saul, based on a story by Lynda Sexson
Director of Photography
Ben Moulden
Production Designer
Benjamin J Ansell
Sound
Steve Single
Composer
Various
Principal cast
Maureen Wild, Carol Kirkland, Audrey Holt, Patrick Gibbs, Natasha Alderslade

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Stink/Rokkit Ltd

1 Alfred Mews
London
W1T 7AA
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7462 4000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7462 4001

Sales Company

Claire Cook

Onedotzero
Unit 212c Curtain House
134-146 Curtain Road
London
EC2A 3AR
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7729 0072

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