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17 OCTOBER 2012 | FILM | BY: BEN FOWLER
London Film Festival Review: London Calling
As part of this year’s London Film Festival, Film London showcased some of our city’s best film-making talent under the London Calling programme, which is supported by Film London’s own production schemes.
Shorts programmes are often difficult, especially if they’re poorly chosen, with the cream of the crop inevitably rising to the top, while smaller pieces tend to fade sooner than they ought. Thankfully, that’s not really the case here, with the most memorable films clocking in roughly around the fifteen minute mark. Claire Oakley’s Physics (see still shot at top) is the real stand-out, a sublime short that’s perfectly suited to its format. Set in a weather-whipped beach-side town, it involves two girls whot believe they’ve found the ‘God particle’ amongst the pebbles. Bringing it to their ageing hippy friend Les (Matt King, Peep Show’s Super Hans), we come to realise what this artefact means to a young girl struggling to say goodbye to her dying mother.
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London Film Festival Review: London Calling
As part of this year’s London Film Festival, Film London showcased some of our city’s best film-making talent under the London Calling programme, which is supported by Film London’s own production schemes.
Shorts programmes are often difficult, especially if they’re poorly chosen, with the cream of the crop inevitably rising to the top, while smaller pieces tend to fade sooner than they ought. Thankfully, that’s not really the case here, with the most memorable films clocking in roughly around the fifteen minute mark. Claire Oakley’s Physics (see still shot at top) is the real stand-out, a sublime short that’s perfectly suited to its format. Set in a weather-whipped beach-side town, it involves two girls whot believe they’ve found the ‘God particle’ amongst the pebbles. Bringing it to their ageing hippy friend Les (Matt King, Peep Show’s Super Hans), we come to realise what this artefact means to a young girl struggling to say goodbye to her dying mother.
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