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Pocket Watch – 16mm – 11 min – by David Shuff
On his 12th birthday Chris receives a mysterious package, postmarked the day of his birth, from a deceased grandfather he never knew. Inside he finds that he has inherited the family pocket watch; and the secret it holds. While celebrating the mythic proportions taken on by childhood events, Pocket Watch is ultimately a coming of age film. In it a boy is forced to contend with his responsibility to a shadowed family history that he has suddenly unearthed.
Distribution
Big Film Shorts
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd. PMB 189
Burbank, CA 91505
818.563.2633 fax 818.955.7650
info@bigfilmshorts.com
www.bigfilmshorts.com
Screenings
Thirteen Public Television, New York
WTTW Public Television, Chicago
KPBS Public Television, San Diego
Santa Clarita International Film Festival – finalist
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival – official selection
Frontier Airlines Cloud 9 Film Festival – official selection
Rhode Island International Film Festival – official selection
Crested Butte Reel Fest – finalist
Film Fest New Haven – official selection
John Hopkin’s film festival – official selection
Nuyorktricity Series – official selection
Saul Turrell Film Award
Credits
Written, directed, and edited by David Shuff
Music by Sean Griffin
Chris Griffin as Chris Danielson
Howard Enders as the voice of John Danielson
William Mahoney as the voice of Saul Danielson
Principal photography – Darin Tatum
Sound – Sidney Fisher
Swing – Ben Coccio, Chris Coccio
Foley artists – Jia Liu and Lori Flammer
Double for Mr. Griffin – Peter Sieper
Music engineering – Kreestof Chandley
Sound mix – Eric Helmuth
Title design – Kevin Chiu
Negative cutting – America Film Studios
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