Project Detail

Verisimilitude

Synopsis

Bella, a struggling disabled actor, takes on her most challenging role teaching an up and coming Hollywood A-lister how to "act disabled". Struggling with the line between reality and fantasy she begins to question the world around her.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 15 sec
Format
Film Digital
Director
David Proud
Producer
Justin Edgar
Executive Producer
Georgia Goggin, John Jencks, Isabel Freer
Editor
Joe Grayston
Screenwriter
Justin Edgar
Director of Photography
Alex Ryle
Production Designer
Felix Coles
Sound
Oliver Rochell
Composer
Vincent Watts
Principal cast
Ruth Madeley, Laurie Davison, Alice Lowe, Esther Smith

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

A 104 Films production with support of Uncertain Kingdom

104 Films

The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

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