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Upstairs

Synopsis

A short story about how much we know - or want to know - about the lives of our next door neighbours in urban flats. An inexplicable sound from the flat above leaves Jeff sleepless and anxious to find out the truth about what's really going on upstairs.
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Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
3 mins 4 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Matthias Hoegg
Producer
Dan O' Rourke, Not To Scale
Co-Producer
Lupus Films
Executive Producer
Chris Shepherd
Editor
Matthias Hoegg
Screenwriter
Matthias Hoegg
Director of Photography
Matthias Hoegg
Production Designer
Matthias Hoegg
Sound
David Kamp
Composer
David Kamp
Principal cast
Steve Furst

Categories

Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Not To Scale,

Sales Company

Matthias Hoegg

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