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THE TIME TRAVELLERS OF 1908

SYNOPSIS, DETAILS AND SCREENINGS

(9 min, 2005, 35mm, b&w)

SYNOPSIS
The Time Travellers Of 1908 is a home-movie about London in the 21st Century made by two explorers from 1908.
Two explorers, using a time-machine shaped like a movie camera, visit the structures of 21st Century London which capture their imagination. They visit the London Eye, Canary Wharf and the Docklands Light Railway, as well as places they recognise from their own time, such as Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.
Finally returning to 1908, they take an unexpected gift to show their families...
TECHNIQUE
It was shot entirely on original Edwardian hand-cranked 35mm cameras with antique English Cooke lenses. The soundtrack recorded on a 1909 Edison phonograph. Shooting on period equipment creates an authentic Edwardian film 'look' and a sense of shock for viewers when we see present-day London in a film that looks a century old.  

The Time Travellers Of 1908 was made with completion funding from the City Of Westminster Arts Council and Film London. It also features a guest appearance by Neil Edmond, star of 'The Consultants' radio series and joint winner of Perrier Award Best Newcomer in 2003. He also appeared in my earlier film G.M.

The Time Travellers Of 1908 was made with completion funding from the City Of Westminster Arts Council and Film London. It also features a guest appearance by Neil Edmond, star of 'The Consultants' radio series and joint winner of Perrier Award Best Newcomer in 2003. He also appeared in my earlier film G.M.

   

CAST AND CREW DETAILS

Man From The Future

NEIL EDMOND

Young Woman

MOIRA GOVAN

Mother

SUE WOOLLETT

Son

WILLIAM WOOLLETT

Costumes Designed by

VICKY WEST

Camera Assistants

PIERS ADDERLEY

WILLIAM WOOLLETT

DUNCAN THOMSEN

Hair And Make-Up

KIMBERLEY COLE

JOANNA DIXON

OF BRUSHSTROKES

Stills Photographer

DAVID BOULOGNE

DUNCAN THOMSEN

Film Consultant

GUY EDMONDS

Soundtrack Composed by

ALEKSANDER

KOLKOWSKI

Film Editor

ALISTAIR KERR

Director Of Photography

JOHN ADDERLEY

Writer/Director/Producer

MARTIN PICKLES

  

Promoted by:

British Council

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London SW1A 2BN

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Sales Agent:

Dawn Sharpless

Dazzle Films Ltd

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+ 44 20 7739 7716

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+ 44 20 7613 4485

The film was finished with a completion funding award from City Of Westminster Arts Council and Film London.

Many thanks to Paula Price Davies

SCREENINGS

BFI Southbank Studio (National Film Theatre), London

1st December 2007

Independent Film Festival II, British Council, Cairo, Egypt 23rd November 2007
IFCT Schedule Burlington, Vermont, USA 10th and 11th November 2007
Wansworth And Westminster Film Festival, Battersea Power Station, London 20th October 2007
'08 08 07: Roxy Presents... RCA Grads Animation', Roxy Bar and Screen, London 8th August 2007
Novas Imagens Urbanas, Lisbon, Portugal. Curator: Marko Stamenkovic 8th - 10th March 2007
Portobello Film Festival 1st London Filmmakers' Convention, Westbourne Studios, London 8th December 2006 at 6pm
Les Instants Video festival, Marseilles, France 25th November 2006 at 2pm
Hull International Short Film Festival 27th September to 1st October 2006
Portobello Film Festival, Inn On The Green, Portobello, London 9th August 2006

City of Westminster Arts Council Completion Fund screening at the Curzon Soho Cinema, London

28th February 2006

Halloween Short Film Festival in the London Lives programme at the Curzon Soho

6th January 2006

International Scientific Film Festival, Tisza Mozi, Hungary

8th-13th November 2005

In the 'Belgrade In The Past And Present' exhibition at prodajna galerija 'Beograd', Serbia & Montenegro. Curator: Marko Stamenkovic

From 22nd September 2005

Raindance Film Festival, London, in the 'Paradise Lounge' programme

12th October 2005

16th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (world festival premiere) in the International 4 programme

31st August & 2nd September 2005

'Take 291', London's weekly showcase for experimental, underground and avant-garde artists' film at the 291 Gallery, Hackney Road, London

14th July 2005

At the Short Film Summer School Funded Shorts' programme at the Curzon Soho, Shaftesbury Avenue, London

6th July 2005

Press launch for the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho

16th June 2005

City of Westminster Arts Council Completion Fund screening at the Curzon Soho Cinema, London

1st March 2005

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