Titanic Love

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Titanic Love
Directed byMark Pressdee
Produced byMark Pressdee
StarringAlex Edwardson, Susannah Felicty Wells, Loxley Loga, Ryan Mcken
Music byMark Lynall
Release date
  • 14 April 2012 (2012-04-14)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Titanic Love is a British romantic comedy short film directed by Mark Pressdee. [1] [2] It was filmed in and around Birmingham city centre. [3] [4] [5]

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Cast

Filming

In October 2011 a cast and crew of about 30 people collaborated to produce the film. [6] The film was shot in various historical and local areas of Birmingham, UK. [7] Titanic Love went into post-production at the University of Birmingham in November 2011. [8]

A preliminary version was produced and shown at the Stoke Your Fires Festival on Valentine's Day 2012. [9] After additional editing, the film was sent to Los Angeles, where the music was produced by Mark Lynall. [10]

The film was then continually shown throughout the summer of 2012 in places such as The Mac in Birmingham.

Awards and nominations

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