Elephant Palm Tree - PRESS KIT

 
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Synopsis

When a menopausal Miss Jamaica is shat on by an elephant, she decides to ask her cheating husband for a divorce... 

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Six scrumptious morsels...
 
  A Cinnamon Films / Arawak Films production --- funded by the UK Film Council (New Cinema Fund, Pulse / Film London) Sales Agent: Big Film Shorts

  Festival selections and screenings so far include : 

2005 - Sundance Film Festival, FESPACO, Pan African Film Festival, Raindance East Film Festival, Commonwealth Film Festival, Jacksonville Film Festival , Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival (shortlisted for 'Best Short' award); 

2004 - London Film Festival -- the film screened in two programmes: (1) Main Programme - 'Diaspora' and (2) UK Film Council / Film London programme - 'London Calling', Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, Bahamas International Film Festival

  Film selected by British Council to be one of the films they submit to selected festivals around the world (best of British!)

 
  Starring Doña Croll as Martha (credits include Manderlay, Elmina’s Kitchen – National Theatre / BBC and Family Affairs – C5) and George Harris as Hubert (credits include Black Hawk Down and Raiders of the Lost Ark). 
 
  Edited by Chris Gill --- feature films include 28 Days Later and Millions; television includes Crime and Punishment (2002) and Strumpet (2001).
 
  Original musical score by award winning composer, Adrian Johnston (winner of a 2002 Emmy for Shackleton).  Feature films include Divorcing Jack, Jude, Welcome to Sarajevo .  TV series in 2002 include: White Teeth, The Lost Prince, Tipping the Velvet.  
 
  Written and directed by Kara Miller (Arawak Films) writing credits include Lolapalooza – a greenlit feature in development with Working Title Films – WT2; 22 episodes of Boo! (BBC 2, Series One and Two),  --- Directing credits:  Nobody The Great (2006 - feature film), How To Make Friends (2004), Elephant Palm Tree (2004), Cheese Makes You Dream (2003) - the script won the Hitchcock Award 2002/2003;  Festivals that have screened Cheese Makes You Dream, so far, include: London Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and Sitges International Film Festival.  Cheese Makes You Dream was shortlisted for BBC3 New Film-makers' Award ( 2003). Festivals that have screened How To Make Friends include: Montreal World Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, BFM International Film Festival, Chicago International Children's film festival, Raindance Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Foyle Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival (2005), Pan African Film Festival (2005)
 
  Produced by Louise Decoteau (Cinnamon Films) --- Louise is the producer of two award winning shorts: Money Talks and Concrete Garden, with BAFTA award winning director Alrick Riley, which were aired on BBC / C4 (and won numerous festival awards including Toronto , Munich and Chicago ). Her producing credits (commercials) include Cinema: Kodak 100th Birthday Ad, Children Society Awareness; and television: Keith Floyd - Breville Pie Maker, Do It All - B&Q, Lady In Waiting - Hovis Bread etc.
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High resolution production stills - please click on image to see full version:

Cinnamon Films, Arawak Films, In bathroom - George Harris as Hubert.JPG (876335 bytes)

Cinnamon Films, Arawak Films, In bed - George Harris and Donna Croll as Hubert and Martha.jpg (688308 bytes)

Cinnamon Films, Arawak Films, On stairs - George Harris and Donna Croll as Hubert and Martha.jpg (417578 bytes)


Photos by James Marsden
 
 

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+44 7930 365501 kara@arawakfilms.com 

+44 7980 347426 louise@cinnamonfilms.com