Echo Chamber - Sci-Fi London 2024 - Vol 3 (Soulmate)
Warp engines are engaged, so buckle up, cause @EchoChamberFP is here, ready to hit the next chapter of our journey into 2024's Sci-Fi London (14th - 22nd September 2024)
We'll be checking out a short film that uses A.I. and technology to explore the complexities of love, and connection. THEN we have a great chat about the making of the film, with the director / writer, exploring a myriad of topics!!!
'Soulmate' is written & directed by Richard Fenwick. Anna (Mandeep Dhillon), a lonely computer coder, has been nurturing an illegal romance with an AI (Joe Dempsie) in a computer simulation for the past six months. When her company uncovers the affair, she’s forced into a desperate battle to save her precious relationship.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
Soulmate - Poster
Soulmate
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.
New York, World Premiere: 5th October 2023
Director: Richard Fenwick
Cast: Mandeep Dhillon, Joe Dempsie, Andrew Cullum, Robert Frempong, Julie Scanlan
Credit: Glass Onion Films, BFI Network
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller
Running Time: 14:58 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @soulmate_film
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Richard Fenwick
Richard Fenwick
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Animation
Award-winning writer/director, Richard Fenwick, tore up the festival scene between 2004 and 2010 with a prodigious string of short films that went around the world, amassing over 100 official selections and a number of prizes. The films included SAFETY PROCEDURES (Telluride, Annecy, Hamburg), LOVE LETTER (London, Raindance, Cork), ARTIFICIAL WORLDS V.3.0 (Sarajevo, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand), THE BOX (Curtocircuito, Rushes Soho Shorts) and ALBERT’S SPEECH (Encounters, Edinburgh, Annecy).
10 years later, he’s back with a brand new short and an armful of feature scripts. The short, a BFI network-funded sci-fi called SOULMATE, stars the luminous Mandeep Dhillon (After Life, CSI) and the peerless Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones, Pieces of Her). It is a haunting, near-future mediation on relationships and AI, just when it's blowing up big in the real world.
The features - SLOW LIGHT / LIFELIKE / SILENCE - all play with genre in elevated ways as well, aiming to subvert, yet satisfy, audiences' expectations. LIFELIKE, specifically, lives in the same universe as SOULMATE and shares many of the same themes.
Over the years, Richard has been selected for multiple filmmaking labs, inc Cross Channel Film Lab, Think, Shoot, Distribute, NET.WORK@LFF and was chosen as a Screen International 'Star of Tomorrow'.
Follow Richard via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @richardfenwick_director
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