Cygnus
A short film by Aidan Downing
A dark fairytale about a creature who falls from the stars.
Cygnus carries a curse of a strange power, the likes of which the world has never known. What length will he go to get back to his home in the stars? What is he? What is his nature? And what will he become?
CYGNUS was screened at Cannes Short Film Corner.
CAST: Selma Brouk, Tom Clegg, Aidan Downing, Lindsay Fraser, Stevie Raine, Ben Mars, Damar Martin, Robert Welling.
Writer and Director | Aidan Downing
Producer | Lindsay Fraser
DOP | Rory Skeoch
Production Design | Silvia Scotthunter
Editors | Alex J Guaña and Johann Gutierrez
Composer | Joe Darke and Dave Allen
VFX | Aleksei Chernogorod
Sound Design | Carolina Luna
Hair & Make-Up | Chloe Edwards
Puppetry | Sean Garrett