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55mins
National Theatre/Graeae
OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING THE FIRST EVER PERFORMANCE BY A DEAF/DISABLED THEATRE COMPANY AT LONDON'S NATIONAL THEATRE.
Writer/Director Jo Lewis
DOP Nicola Dale (Pin Cushion)
Editor Adam Gough (ROMA)
with the kind consent and cooperation of the Graeae theatre company and The National Theatre London
Whisper - 10mins
an award winning short film that has played at BAFTA and BIFA qualifying film festivals all over the world.
Whisper:
A women travles to a remote beachside cabin to finally go cold turkey, with unexpected results.
'a beautifully dark ghost story where nothing is what it seems, from director Jo Lewis'.
(NOTTINGHAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
DIRECTED BY: JO LEWIS
LOUISE: IMOGEN DOEL
( THE ROYAL COURT, ALMEIDA AND RSC)
WRITTEN BY STEWART PRINGLE (DRAMATURG NATIONAL THEATRE)
VFX BY GLASSWORKS LTD
WHISPER IS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS TV.
****"..BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC, BLOOD CHILLING..'"AS IF TRAINSPOTTING (1996) AND REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) HAD A 12MIN BABY"
"WHISPER IS VISUALLY AN ABSOLUTE MARVEL. JO LEWIS’ VISION BEHIND THE CAMERA IS FANTASTIC"UK HORROR SCENE
****"... GREAT SYMBOLISM, MOVING STORY. REMINDED ME VERY MUCH OF IGMAR BERGMAN'S WORK..."DC SHORTS
****"JO LEWIS’ ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE BEAUTIFUL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTRAST OF WIDE SHOTS BUSTING WITH COLOUR AND TIGHT CLOSE-UPS OF DUSTY GREYS AND BROWNS NEVER FALTERS.."
"AESTHETICALLY STUNNING".
"..JO LEWIS’ WHISPER...A SHORT IN THE MOULD OF TRAINSPOTTING AND THE BASKETBALL DIARIES..."THE SLAUGHTERED BIRD ****
"...BEAUTIFULLY POETIC IMAGERY.." WE ARE INDIE HORROR
Lady Luck
18mins family/fantasy
a boy risks everything to justify his mother's love.
WRITER/DIRECTOR JO LEWIS
PRODUCER VICS BAVISTER
(COUNTY LINES)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AMEENAH AYUB ALLEN (ROCKS)
ADAPTED FROM THE DH LAWRENCE SHORT STORY THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER
DISTRIBUTED BY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS TV.
AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM.
Flower and the Girl
stop -motion animated film.
A HEART- WARMING STORY ABOUT AN OLD CLOWN AND A SHADOW GIRL WHO REMINDS HIM OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOUNG AGAIN.
WINNER SUNDERLAND SHORTS JURY PRIZE
DIRECTOR: ROBIN HEAP
WRITER JO LEWIS
COMPOSER: JESSICA DANNHEISSER.
SOLO VIOLIST: THOMAS GOULD
AWARD WINNING FILM
DEVELOPED WITH THE SUPPORT OF FILM LONDON THROUGH THE ENABLE SHORT FILM FUND
DISTRIBUTED BY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS TV
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