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A young boy searches for answers after his dad goes missing at sea, but after discovering a strange fossil on a Yorkshire beach, he thinks it could be the missing piece of the puzzle.

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Directed by Joseph Simmons

Written by Joseph Simmons & Guðni Líndal Benediktsson

Produced by Lewis Coates

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Starring Ben Hackett, Steve Evets, Corin Silva

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DOP: Ben Halford

Edited by Andrew Mckee

Original Score: Owain Kelly & James Williams

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1st AC: Abi McVeigh, Max Graham

2nd AC: Amos Menin

Lighting: Harry Newman, Sam Brayshaw,

Lewis Hanlon, James Fortune
Sound: Andrew Layfield, Alexis Psillas

Camera Trainee: Oliver Greenwood

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1st AD: Kurt Ryan

Production Designer: Francesca Jones

Costume: Rebecca Chubsey, Poppy Monroe

HMU: Jenna Shaw, Danielle Wright

 

Production Assistants: Amaan Rashid, Gabriel Brown,

Hannah Pearson

 

Sound Design: Massimilliano Borghesi

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Funded by the British Film Institute, with supporting funds from The Yorkshire Geology Society, The Friends of Hugh Miller, The Geologists Association, Geology Society of Glasgow

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Premiered at Frightfest 2023

Official selection at Bolton International Film Festival, Beyond Fest, Reykjavik Film Festival, North East Film Festival, Sunderland Shorts, FilmQuest, Atlanta Horror Film Festival & more!

Award-winning Independent film, television & documentary

Winner - Best Screenplay - Romford Horror Film Festival - 'Vestige'
Winner - Best UK Short Film - Nottingham Film Festival 2019 - 'Re-displacement'

Finalist - Bloomberg Green Docs 2022 - 'The Farm Under the City'

Albert Carbon Neutral Sustainable Production Awardees - ('Kiddo' 2022) ('The Farm Under the City' 2022)

Sheffield & London, United Kingdom

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