Project Detail

Willow Drive

Synopsis

In a suburb, still and quiet, a boy is listening to his father's old records and a housewife faints when she tries to leave her house. Willow Drive is a bittersweet romance and a dream of somewhere else.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins 43 secs
Format
Hi-DEF, 35mm
Director
Jakob Rorvik
Producer
Teresa Mulqueen
Editor
Benjamin Binderup
Screenwriter
Jakob Rorvik
Director of Photography
Robin Fox
Sound
Leo Sedgley
Composer
John Fahey
Principal cast
Anna Livia Ryan, William Nixon, Geoffrey Beevers, Simon McLinden

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)14 9473 1457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)14 9473 1457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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