BILLY AND ZORBA

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Title: BILLY AND ZORBA
Reference number: 7276
Date: 1999
Director: d. Brian Kirk
Sponsor: BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen in association with The Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund
Producer: Gaynor Holmes
Production company: Santuri Film in association with Ideal World Films
Sound: sound
Original format: 35mm
Colour: col
Fiction: fiction
Running time: 19.04 mins
Description:
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]
Production file and script held by National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Post production script also held at the Scottish Theatre Archive, Glasgow University. Ref. code GB 247 STA Jy 17(12)
Tartan Shorts: A joint short film initiative funded by BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Three films per year commissioned for theatrical release and broadcast.
Credits:
w. Ed McCardie
Zorba James Cosmo
Billy Iain de Caestecker
Mhairi Deirdre Davis
Black Robert Cavanagh
p. man. Carole Sheridan
d. ph. Adam Suschitsky
designer Mark Leese
composer Joe McAlinden
ed. James Hamilton
sd. rec. Phil Croal
costumes Ann