SONGBIRD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Cobie Smulders (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Richard Elis (Black Mountain Poets), Jessica Hynes (The Fight), Emily Atack (Outside Bet), Noel Clarke (Fisherman’s Friends), Holli Dempsey (Dad’s Army), Mandeep Dhillon (Finding Fatimah), Griffin Dunne (An American Werewolf in London), Neil Fox (film debut), Daisy Haggard (I Give It A Year), Tara Lee (A Date for Mad Mary), Kingsley Marshall (film debut), Abbie Murphy (David Brent: Life on the Road), Laura Patch (Animals), Craig Russell (Magpie)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jamie Adams (Black Mountain Poets), director, writer, editor; Noel Clarke (4.3.2.1), Jason Maza (Welcome to the Punch) and Maggie Monteith (Out of Blue), producers; Ashley Adams (Benny & Jolene) and James Walsh (film debut), composers; Bet Rourich (Adult Life Skills), cinematographer; Mike Hopkins (Dal: Yma/Nawr), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Joanne Skye (Smulders) is an American rocker who leaves her music band, and enrols at a university in Exeter to find a sense of focus in her wild life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Cobie Smulders embeds herself into British culture in this fun showcase, which was shot over five days and used heavy improvisation to create the story.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 2019

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