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Title: INESCAPABLE ARRIVAL OF LAZLO PETUSHKI, the

Reference number: 13917

Date: 2017

Director: d. Sven Werner

Sponsor: Creative Scotland & BFI NET,.WORK

Production company: Scottish Film Talent Network & Hidden Tiger Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 11.15 mins

Description: A scruffy young man is about to arrive in a mysterious city by ship, when he finds himself lost and on the run in its labyrinthine hull. On his surreal journey he’s being chased by the inescapable: himself, the very luggage he was hoping to leave behind. [Synopsis taken from the Creative Scotland website, https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2016/03/six-films-commissioned-for-scottish-shorts-programme, last accessed 09/11/21]

Catalogued from secondary sources including IMDB and the Creative Scotland website.

The film won Best Short Film at the BAFTA Awards, Scotland 2017 and also Best Actor at the Mid Tenn Film Festival, 2018.

Credits: Creative Scotland presents

A Scottish Film Talent Network production
in association with Hidden Tiger Productions and Outland Productions
(c) Hopscotch Films, CMI, DigiCult and Creative Scotland MMXVII

[Directed by
Sven Werner
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Sven Werner ... (writer)
Cast
Seylan Baxter ... Lazlo's Mother
Paul Anthony Cassidy ... Supervisor
Remo Catani ... Man with Cane
Christine Corbett ... Woman in Bar (as Christine Corbett Gilmour)
Luke Dilworth ... Boy
Laura Docherty ... Theatre Member
Giga Gray ... Mother
Ciaron Kelly ... Lazlo Petushki
Lubna Kerr ... Stern Wife
Andrew Marley ... Bellboy
Paul McBain ... Lazlo's Father
Graeme Miller ... House of Cards contestant
Lee Partridge ... Wire Walker
Rachel Quilong ... House of Cards Contestant
Jude Shedden ... Boy
Produced by
David Brown ... producer
Holly Daniel ... executive producer
Ross McKenzie ... executive producer
Carolynne Sinclair Kidd ... executive producer
Paul Welsh ... executive producer
Music by
Graeme Miller Cinematography by
Ruan Suess Film Editing by
Florian Nonnenmacher Casting By
Simone Pereira Hind Production Design by
Rebecca Hamilton Costume Design by
Katy Lonsdale Makeup Department
Joanne McAuliffe ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Pamela McWilliams ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Production Management
Jenny Martin ... production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Remo Catani ... assistant director
Art Department
Cameron McArthur ... property master
Duncan Perkins ... set designer
Sound Department
Nigel Dunn ... a.d.r recordist
David McKeitch ... boom operator
Ali Murray ... sound editorVisual Effects by
Fraser Murdoch ... visual effects supervisor
Raymond Christopher Holder ... visual effects artist (uncredited)Stunts
Stuart Thomson ... stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Fraser Stephen ... assistant camera
Editorial Department
Stephen C. Horne ... colorist
Script and Continuity Department
Omiros Vazos ... script supervisor
Additional Crew
Stuart Anderson ... production assistant
Marija Dievkocina ... production staff
Paul McBain ... production assistant]