An ice cream man attempts to make it through the winter and a documentary crew is there to watch. Along the journey of illness, an estranged Father and corporate battles; Neville descends deeper into an obsessive sugar-coated world of his own making. He may never be the same come the Summer... if he gets there.

Made for around £400, with emphasis on performance and creativity in the acting above all else, The Ice Cream Men is a pure experiment in the mockumentary genre. It is a BA degree graduation piece from The Northern Film School. The film had a detailed narrative structure but strictly used improvisation for scenes, with no aim defined for content. Walking the line between tragedy and comedy, reality and fiction, it is still a documentary - just that the subject happens to be fictional.

WORLD PREMIERE
OFFICIAL SELECTION
DOCFILM FEST 2013
Phoenix, Independent Cinema & Arts Centre (Leicester, UK) November 2013
[PREMIERED AMONG ONLY A HANDFUL OF FEATURE FILMS, ALONGSIDE THE ACCLAIMED SPIRIT OF 45 FROM KEN LOACH]

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DETAILS

Mockumentary

RELEASED
2013

IMAGE
Colour / PAL

DURATION
41 mins.

LANGUAGE
English

SUBTITLES
None

ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO
16:9

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Main  credits

NEVILLE
Neville Hutton

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER and NARRATOR
Paul Vernon (as himself)

ART THERAPIST
Jackie Phillips

NEVILLE's FATHER
Ian Blower


WRITER / DIRECTOR
Paul Vernon

PRODUCER
Tessa Randall

CINEMATOGRAPHER / CAMERA OPERATOR
Joe Parry

EDITORS
Ed Cannel
Arun Hall
Paul Vernon

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Geraint Jones

SPECIAL THANKS
'Shake'a'holics' (Leeds)
Leeds County Council

a Northern Film School production

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