Cuckoo

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 16mins
Year: 2021

A struggling mother faces the consequences of what an innocent mind can unleash. Set in the gritty suburbs of Manchester this sinister psychological drama examines family relationships, self preservation and the reality that there are some things you can’t escape.

FILM CREW:
Director: Vanessa Hehir
Producer: Nia Wakeham, Leon Ockenden
Writer: Vanessa Hehir
DOP: Paul Francis Jenkins
Editor : Beatrix Grimbly
Sound Design: Alex Bird
Composer: Jasper Dent
VFX: Michelangelo Girardi
Makeup & Hair: Louise Phelan
Casting: David Martin

Cast : Rebecca Atkinson, Ben Batt, Pearce Quigley, Pauline Atkinson, James Kay, Charlie Creer


FESTIVALS:
Fastnet Film Festival May 2022
Manchester Film Festival March 2022
Adirondack Film Festival October 2021
Womxnchester International Film Festival September 2021
Barnes Film Festival June 2021
Cinema Sisters International Film Festival June 2021