Project Detail

Watching

Ian Hart

Synopsis

Opportunities present themselves for the briefest of moments. If you miss them, they don't come back.

Details

Year: 2011
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 mins 09 secs
Format: 4K Digital
Director: Max Myers
Producer: Charlie Cattrall, Nico Mensinga, Christian McLaughlin
Co-Producer: Charlie Cattrall, Nico Mensinga, Christian McLaughlin
Editor: Ben Hilton
Screenwriter: Nico Mensinga
Director of Photography: Dan Stafford-Clark
Production Designer: Livi Vaughan
Sound: Emma Meaden, Ben Coleman, Amory Leader, Andy Stallbrass, Damian Thorpe, Rachel Boot
Composer: Amory Leader
Principal cast: Ian Hart, Charlie Cattrall, Susannah Fielding

Genre

Action

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dakus Films

54 Holywell Lane
Village Underground,
Platform 4B
London EC2A 3PQ
UK

T +44 (0)207 377 8032

+44 (0)791 211 0122

christian@dakusfilms.com

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www.watchingshortfilm.com

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