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Title: TOMORROW'S FAIRGROUND

Reference number: 8114

Date: 2009

Director: d. Peter Gerard

Sponsor: The National Lottery through Scottish Screen, Skillset Film Skills Fund, BBC Scotland, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Edinburgh College of Art, Scottish Documentary Institute

Producer: Andy Green

Production company: Accidental Media

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.05 mins

Description: Victor Reeves looks back on several generations of his family that have consistently worked as travelling showpeople. He is semi-retired, but like his ancestors, he expects to stay in show business until he passes away. Since his wife died ten years ago, Victor's daughter Kendal has been preparing to take over the family business from her father. Meanwhile, Victor's sons are giving up the travelling lifestyle to follow their dream of building and repairing thrill-rides. As each year passes, Victor questions if he can really sit back and retire and leave his life's work to his family.

Part of Season 6 'Bridging the Gap' documentary scheme, on the theme of "Future".

Credits: Scottish Documentary Institute presents a Bridging the Gap production in association with Scottish Screen, BBC Scotland and Accidental Media

featuring Victor Reeves, Kendal Reeves, Clayton Reeves, Jackson Reeves
camera Leo Bruges, Grant McPhee, Peter Gerard, Thomas Beetz, Robin Gray
original score Mick Cooke
sd. design Ronan Breslin, Colin McGeoch
ed. Peter Gerard, Andy Green
sd. rec. Andy Green, Julien Pearly, Mark Scott, Peter Gerard
p. ass. David Reid, Shanthy Sooriasegaram, Jason Nyiam, Vera Janisch
logistics Ralph Green
legal affairs Stephen Green

Thanks to The Reeves Family, Oliver Gerard, Cole Gerard, Sam Russell, Jamie Syone, Ervin Gamble, Mrs. G. Horne, G & J Sedgwick, Morgan Miller, John Bagnall, Brendan Burton, Darren MacKenzie, Tomas Sheridan, Philip Paris, The Showmen's Guild Yukari Higo, Margarida Botelho, Julie Dawid, Mitchell Miller, Rebecca Day, Thomas Beetz, FujiFilm, Andec Filmtechnik, Soho Film Lab, 55degrees, Marc Isaacs, Fernanda Rossi, Nicolas Philibert

development p. for Highlands & Islands Enterprise Amanda Millen
Bridging the Gap p. man. Finlay Pretsell
exec. p. Sonja Henrici, Noe Mendelle
exec. p. for Scottish Screen Leslie Finlay
exec. p. for BBC Ewan Angus

Supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen, Skillset Film Skills Fund, BBC Scotland, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Edinburgh College of Art, Scottish Documentary Institute

© SDI Productions / Accidental Media MMIX