This block includes several nominees for Best Short Narrative incl.:
- Inner Demons -Winner, 2024 Programmers Award, Best Short Narrative
- Terminally Ill - Nominee
- The Origin - Nominee
Chairs are everywhere. We cannot avoid them. Everywhere we turn in society, there they are, in one form or another. So what if you were so obsessed with chairs that they were controlling your daily life? This is the very affliction which Joel Judson still suffers from. So one night he decides to seek help, and becomes the last patient of the day for his new psychiatrist, Seraphina Brooks. As Joel regales his peculiar condition, Seraphina is drawn into a situation she never expected.
AWARDS:
Best International Short - 20th Rome International Film Festival 2023,
Best Cinematography - Birmingham Film Festival,
Best Film of the Festival - Alternative Film Festival
Director Bio/Statement:
James Hughes has directed hundreds of actors, including Emmy® Winners and BAFTA Winners. His shorts have screened at over 300 festivals, including Oscar and BAFTA qualifiers. He has been a Speaker for BAFTA and the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles.
- Year2023
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereLos Angeles Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorJames Hughes
- ScreenwriterJames Hughes
- ProducerJames Hughes
- Executive ProducerTherese 'Tag' Goulet, Lucas A.Ferrara, Mark Aspinall, Bollie Lee Jarratt Jr., Somsri Ketmany
- Co-ProducerDionne Lenigan (Co-Executive Producer)
- CastGeorgina Campbell, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Brittany Ashworth
- CinematographerRichard Bell, ACS
- EditorChiara Armentano
- AnimatorSteve Wright, Jeff Bedrick
- Production DesignKat Easto
- ComposerJean-Pascal Beintus
- Sound DesignGreg Claridge
- MusicJean-Pascal Beintus, Milly Hodges
This block includes several nominees for Best Short Narrative incl.:
- Inner Demons -Winner, 2024 Programmers Award, Best Short Narrative
- Terminally Ill - Nominee
- The Origin - Nominee
Chairs are everywhere. We cannot avoid them. Everywhere we turn in society, there they are, in one form or another. So what if you were so obsessed with chairs that they were controlling your daily life? This is the very affliction which Joel Judson still suffers from. So one night he decides to seek help, and becomes the last patient of the day for his new psychiatrist, Seraphina Brooks. As Joel regales his peculiar condition, Seraphina is drawn into a situation she never expected.
AWARDS:
Best International Short - 20th Rome International Film Festival 2023,
Best Cinematography - Birmingham Film Festival,
Best Film of the Festival - Alternative Film Festival
Director Bio/Statement:
James Hughes has directed hundreds of actors, including Emmy® Winners and BAFTA Winners. His shorts have screened at over 300 festivals, including Oscar and BAFTA qualifiers. He has been a Speaker for BAFTA and the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles.
- Year2023
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereLos Angeles Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorJames Hughes
- ScreenwriterJames Hughes
- ProducerJames Hughes
- Executive ProducerTherese 'Tag' Goulet, Lucas A.Ferrara, Mark Aspinall, Bollie Lee Jarratt Jr., Somsri Ketmany
- Co-ProducerDionne Lenigan (Co-Executive Producer)
- CastGeorgina Campbell, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Brittany Ashworth
- CinematographerRichard Bell, ACS
- EditorChiara Armentano
- AnimatorSteve Wright, Jeff Bedrick
- Production DesignKat Easto
- ComposerJean-Pascal Beintus
- Sound DesignGreg Claridge
- MusicJean-Pascal Beintus, Milly Hodges