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The Space You Leave (2009)

Duration: 09:55    Category: Short   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

Each year, an estimated 200,000 people are reported missing in the UK alone.
But when a loved one goes missing, the space left behind in their families can mean a future trapped in a tortured present, one obsessed by the past.

Screening Formats: Digi Beta, Beta SP, DV-Cam

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Silverdocs 2010
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Toronto Worldwide Shorts Film Festival 2010
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Full Frame Film Festival 2010
NOMINATED – Best International Documentary – Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2010

Supported by: Scottish Screen, BBC Scotland, Skillset Film Skills Fund, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, ECA & Scottish Documentary Institute

Links: Official Website

BUY DVD

Director: James Newton
Producers: Anna Higgs & Gavin Humphries (Quark Films)
Executive Producers: Sonja Henrici & Noe Mendelle
DOP: James Newton
Editor: Kristian Hoves
Music: Chris White
Sound Design: Christopher Wilson

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