The Present

With the work Christmas party finished, workaholic banker Michael has to finish his report but is left wrestling with a faulty printer. Cleaning the apparently empty office is Manut’s job She’s confined her imaginative 9...
New Zealand Production
Short 2013 Family 12.00 minutes
IMG 9224 28229
A workaholic banker makes a surprise leap into the world of a 9-year-old girl to help her fight unusual enemies
2013: Show Me Shorts

Directors

Thomas Robins

Producers

Jeremy Macey

Screenplay Writers

Sarah Boddy

Cast

Eryn Wilson
Michael
Saba Girmay
Safal
Aksumawit Berhe
Manut

Crew

David Paul | Director of Photography
Gretchen Peterson | Editor
Nick Riera | Production Designer
Tom McLeod | Music

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