SYNOPSIS
Based on the children’s novel by the best-selling author Enid Richemont, The Time Tree is a story that combines coming-of-age with magical realism. 1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, who help her overcome her disability in a way she could never have imagined.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Growing up, my heroines were Roald Dahl’s Matilda, and Mary from The Secret Garden. I was drawn to the story of Anne, because she enabled me to portray, much like the characters from my childhood, a young heroine who pushes for what she believes in, and when faced with incredible difficulties, finds the strength within herself to fight against the labels and ideas put upon her by others. CELINE COTRAN
CELINE COTRAN Celine is a London-born, British-Lebanese filmmaker and London Film School graduate. She tells female-driven stories that touch on the fantastical and absurd. Since graduation, she has been mentored by Academy award-winning producer David Parfitt, who executive-produced The Time Tree. She is a grant recipient of the DFI Fall 2017 Grants Programme. Celine is currently in post-production with a documentary that follows a family of Syrian refugees living in England. Her favourite filmmakers are Guillermo Del Torro, Billy Wilder, and Agnes Varda.
MAIN CREDITS DIRECTOR Celine Cotran WRITERS Celine Cotran Enid Richemont PRODUCERS Cleone Clarke Oliver Sunley CINEMATOGRAPHER Jon Hurley PRODUCTION DESIGNER Sarah Hauldren EDITORS Celine Cotran Louisa Hawkins COMPOSER Paul Devlin SOUND DESIGNERS Rob Szeglia John Cohen PRODUCTION COMPANY C24 Films Trademark Films Made with the support of the Doha Film Institute
TECHNICAL SPECS.
ORIGINAL TITLE The Time Tree COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION UK RUNTIME 19 minutes 48 seconds AVAILABLE RESOLUTION 2K I HD SHOOTING FORMAT Red Dragon LANGUAGES English SUBTITLES English AUDIO 5.1 I Stereo SCREENING FORMAT DCP I ProRes 422 I DVD I .H264
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