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Widdershins
Director:
Simon P Biggs
Country:
United Kingdom
year: 2018
Running Time:
11:16
Technique:
2D computer
Category:
Short film [10 to 45 min]
Producer:
Simon P Biggs
Distributor:
Simon P Biggs
The program:
Synopsis
The life of a pampered gentleman is seamlessly automated by machines, but his orderly existence is thrown into chaos when he chooses to pursue a free-spirited woman, against the advice of his robot butler.
Director's BIO
Simon P. Biggs is a writer, director and animator.
He is best known as a scriptwriter for his short film, High Maintenance, which was made during the Berlin Talent Campus and mentored by legendary Korean director Park Chan-wook
It subsequently toured numerous film festivals around the world, including Telluride, Seattle and Raindance, and won more than twelve festival awards, highlights being an L.A. BAFTA, a US Comedy Award and a Student Oscar.
His recent animated project, Testament of Gideon Mack, was nominated for Best Animation at the BAFTA Scotland Awards. He has also animated a series of shorts for Alain de Botton's School of Life and has just completed his first feature screenplay.
Contacts
spbiggs@yahoo.com
