Wavelength
Synopsis
When the signal fades, what remains?
This is the story of a relationship traced through the hush between words - a connection built not on certainty, but on echoes, pauses, and the quiet rhythm of shared moments. Told through the subtle shifts of presence and absence, of intimacy and distance, it explores what it means to truly listen. A meditation on connection, loss, and the traces we learn to hear when someone is gone.
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 3 min 42 sec
- Format
- 16:9
- Director
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Kate Auster
- Producer
- Kate Auster
- Co-Producer
- Ruth Marshall
- Executive Producer
- Benjamin Verrall, Amelia Rowcroft
- Screenwriter
- Benjamin Verrall
- Sound
- Thomas Dalton
- Composer
- Jack Ledger-Dowse
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Animation and Art Direction: Holly Warburton
- Assistant Producers
- Katie Cox, Lily Manning
- Voice Over
- Lily Manning
Production Status
Production Company
Toffee Hammer
Kate AusterSuite 202, Netwerks
4 Fisher Street
Lewes
BN7 2DG
https://toffee-hammer.com/
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