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An Endless Summer

A new mother has spent longer than expected with her baby daughter due to the Covid lockdown - but now she must confront the post-pandemic return to work. A docu-drama filmed 100% remotely during the coronavirus lockdown.

  • Patrick Crellin
    Director
    Mera, Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass: 50 Years of Music, Untold Stories
  • Patrick Crellin
    Writer
    Chrysalis
  • Bethany White
    Writer
    Shelf Life, Chrysalis
  • Freya Kingsley
    Writer
  • Patrick Crellin
    Producer
    Mera, Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass: 50 Years of Music
  • Bethany White
    Producer
    Mera, Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass: 50 Years of Music
  • Freya Kingsley
    Producer
  • Freya Kingsley
    Key Cast
    "Emily - Mother"
    Baptiste, Untold Stories, Rope
  • Lilah
    Key Cast
    "Daughter"
  • Patrick Crellin
    Cinematographer
    Mera, Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass: 50 Years of Music
  • Freya Kingsley
    Camera Operator
  • Bethany White
    Sound Designer
    The Widow, Mera
  • Patrick Crellin
    Editor
    Mera, Untold Stories
  • Phoebe Knowles
    Editor
    A New Life in the Sun (Channel Four, Series 6), The Porcelain Cradle, Dreaming of a Green Christmas
  • John Corner
    Composer
  • Emma Middleton
    Composer
    Chuskit, The Widow, Untold Stories
  • Dark Avenue Film
    Executive Producer
    Mera, Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass: 50 Years of Music
  • Isle of Man Arts Council
    Executive Producer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Docudrama, Lockdown, Women, Remote
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 23, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    Isle of Man
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    iPhone 11 Pro
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Patrick Crellin

Patrick has been addicted to films for as long as he can remember; from film school in school holidays and shooting sketches with friends, to studying Film and Television Production at University of York. After graduating, he set up Dark Avenue Film with partner Bethany White in his native Isle of Man, striving to tell stories that excite him and experiment with narrative and filming techniques. He won Distinguished Director at York's HARPE Awards 2018 for directing Road To The Top, part of the Untold Stories monologues which he later filmed (www.darkavenuefilm.com/portfolio).

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Director Statement

I developed this film with Freya and Bethany during lockdown, based on Freya's own experience as a new mother during that time. We crafted a new way of filming, with Bethany and I shooting and editing a 'test film' which Freya then used as a basis to film herself, in another country. Aiming to shoot a cinematic lockdown film, I was so pleased with how the film came out. Thank you for taking the time to watch it - I hope you enjoy it too.