Echo Chamber - Sci-Fi London 2024 - Vol 1 (Dandelion)
Your favourite time of the year is fast approaching, that's right Sci-Fi London Film Festival (14th - 22nd September 2024) is nearly here!
We're doing something different, as @EchoChamberFP has teamed up with the Festival, and will be shining the light on a number of films in the build-up!
So, we'll get things underway with a short that looks at loss and our anchors that hold us to life. THEN, we have a great chat with the writer / director!
'Dandelion' is written & directed by Gillian Simpson. Alice (Susan Jayne Robinson) lives alone in the belly of a wind turbine haunted by memories of the day her daughter (Myiah Rose Richmond) and partner (Daniel Hippolyte) died. One morning, she decides to end her life. Confronted by her dead lover, she is given a second chance at life, but will she take it?
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
Dandelion - Poster
Dandelion
Watch Review: Here.
Sci-Fi London
14th - 22nd September 2024
Rich Mix
Saturday, 14th September 2024 at 18:30pm
Buy Tickets: Here.
Get your online Sci-Fi London Film Pass (only £10): Here.
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival, World Premiere: 18th September 2023
Director: Gillian Simpson
Cast: Susan Jayne Robinson, Daniel Hippolyte, Myiah Rose Richmond
Credit: Dead Unicorn Films, Ringling College of Art and Design
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short
Running Time: 11:47 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @dandelionfilm2023
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Gillian Simpson
Gillian Simpson
Visual Effects, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
A successful editor for 16 years, 6 of them staff at the BBC, Gillian worked on many BAFTA award winning programs across all genres including documentaries, children’s and music. She was director on BBC’s The Music Show where she shot, directed and edited a number of music videos. She moved to the Innovations department, working to create a ground-breaking drama shot entirely against green screen.
Editing over 40 documentaries developed her love for storytelling and she began writing original short films. She also fell in love with VFX whilst main editor on the BAFTA-winning children’s series ‘Raven’, and successfully applied to the Digital Effects MA course at National Film and Television School.
She was VFX supervisor on a number of short film including ‘Wild Horses’, which was officially selected for Cannes, and ‘Poles Apart’ which won the BAFTA for Best Animated short and the Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Most recently she was VFX supervisor on the horror feature ‘The Midwife’
Currently working on HBO's House of the Dragon, Gillian's previous credits include Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ and ‘The French Dispatch’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’. She was on-set compositor on Sam Mendes’ ‘1917’ and also worked on Andy Serkis’s ‘Venom 2’ and Matthew Vaughn’s ‘The King’s Man’
Having recently completed post production on ‘Dandelion’ she is also adapting the award winning play ‘Grenades’ which she hopes will be her first feature.
She recently was accepted as full member of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
Follow Gillian via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
X: @gillianvfx
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @gls_vfx
YouTube: Here.
Dead Unicorn Films
Dead Unicorn Films was created in 2020, they make short, and feature films.
Follow via:
Website: Here.
Instagram: @deadunicornfilms
Vimeo: Here.
Sci-Fi London 2024 - Poster
Sci-Fi London
14th – 22nd September 2024
The London-based annual international film festival enjoys an unrivalled reputation as a launchpad for genre film, a credible forum for industry events and networking, and a stimulating, inclusive environment for audiences. Insider, outsider, all are welcome at the friendliest festival in town.
Always keen to challenge stereotypes and push the definition of what ‘sci-fi‘ means, Sci-Fi London has a reputation for programming a variety of exciting and independent films whilst remaining fun and inclusive.
Information
Buy Tickets for Sci-Fi London @ Rich Mix (14th September): Here.
Get your online Sci-Fi London Film Pass (only £10): Here.
Website: Here.
X: @scifilondon
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @scifilondon
YouTube: Here.
*(Music)
'Give The People' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020