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How to Save a Fish From Drowning (2007)

Duration: 13:00    Category: International, Short   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

A film about the death of white rural America told through the voices of three old men fishing on a frozen lake. In a landscape cloaked in snow and hovering in a bright nothingness, they escape their wives, chew the fat about neighbours in their town as they wait…

Screening Formats: Digi Beta (PAL & NTSC), Beta SP, DV-Cam

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Krakow Film Festival 2008
OFFICIAL SELECTION -Los Angeles Shorts Film Festival 2008
OFFICIAL SELECTION -Leipzig International Film Festival 2007
WINNER – Best New Director Award – BAFTA Scotland 2008
SPECIAL MENTION – Best Scottish Short Documentary – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007
And over 25 screenings world-wide…

To arrange a screening contact: info@scotdoc.com

Director: Kelly Neal
Producer: Noe Mendelle
Executive Producer: Sonja Henrici
DOP: Minttu Mantynen
Editor: Patricia Gomez
Music: Marcelo de Oliveira
Sound Design: Marcelo de Oliveira

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