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Title: THEN A SUMMER STARTS

Reference number: 8051

Date: 2007

Director: d. Satsuki Okawa

Sponsor: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, BBC Scotland

Producer: Kat Calton

Production company: GMAC, Cineworks

Sound: sound

Original format: HDV

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 9.03 mins

Description: A frustrated teenager finds the moment of release not through her relationship with an older man but by spending a summery afternoon with a young man. [synopsis from "New Films, New Talent: Best of Scottish Shorts 2007]

DigiCult: A low-budget digital film project that creates a talent pool of twenty directors, writers, producers and crafts-people. The aim is to encourage experimentation and innovation within the digital medium. Five short films are made per year with budgets of up to £5,000.

Credits: UK Film Council and Glasgow Media Access Centre present a Cineworks Project in association with Scottish Screen and BBC Scotland

w. Yukari Higo
exec. p. Karen O'Hare

Lily Krystina Coates
Luke Emun Eliot
Older Man Kevin Kelly
School Girls Katrina Innes, Ashleigh Kate-Wilson

ass. p. Keira Brown
p. man. Gaia Meucci
casting Kahleen Crawford
1st ass. d. Peter Gerard, Nicholas Soldan
sc. development Emily Munro
sc. supervisor Claire Hewitt
d. ph. George Geddes
focus puller Anna Benbow
camera as. Martin Coton
underwater camera Scott Rodgers
additional camera Thomas Beetz
sd. rec. Mark Calton
lighting gaffer Steve Arthur
art d. Kara Ramsay
standby props Andy McPherson
wardrobe stylist Systa Mogenson
make-up Susan Cassidy, Hollie Armstrong
runner / driver Ben McLardy, Louise Duffy, Kim Clark
runner Urszula Kocol, Christin Hujer
stills John Sackey
ed. Andrew Green
ass. ed. Andres del Cano Lopez
post production co-ordinator Ryan Blackwood
m. Phil Curran
sd. post production La Chunky Towers
dubbing mixer Colin McGeoch
GMAC Short Film ass. Ciara Barry, Lindsay Goodall
for UK Film Council Julia Caithness
for Scottish Screen Becky Lloyd
for BBC Scotland Jane Gilmartin

Thanks to GMAC staff and trainees. 55degrees ltd., Camilla Elvik, Paul Cardow, Steven Chalmer, Alex McLaren, PCL Concerts, Nice 'n' Sleazy, St. Judes Hotel, Harold the fish and Disco the dog.

GMAC is core funded by Glasgow City Council.

Made with the financial assistance of the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen..
© UK Film Council and GMAC MMVII

Shotlist: A girl’s coming-of-age moment arrives at the beginning of summer. A frustrated schoolgirl, Lily, searches for a way out from her teenage angst by having a meaningless relationship with an older man instead of hanging around with her schoolgirl friends. Lily meets a younger man, Luke, and unexpectedly enjoys a summery afternoon in the park. When they go to Luke’s work place, a swimming pool, Lily finds her moment of release.