STILL LIFE is a film about connection. More specifically, its desperate necessity and the lengths we’ll go to find it. When loneliness sinks its teeth in, some might meet a friend, go for a walk or call their mum. But in our protagonist’s case, he steals a load of mannequins from the department store he works in and talks to them. It’s a film that’s in equal parts darkly sad and bitterly funny.

He’s an outsider that toes an unsaid and unwritten line in the audience between empathy and trepidation. He puts us on edge but something about him draws us in, lulls us into sympathy. There’s an obsession with life’s tightrope walk of conformity whilst retaining a sense of individuality and I think our protagonist really struggles with that. This film is very much an exploration of this. It’s story I can’t wait to tell with the incredibly talented team I’ve assembled.

MEET THE CAST

EWAN MITCHELL

Ewan is rapidly becoming one of Britain’s most exciting and intense young actors. He is most known for his role as Aemond Targaryen in HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe award winning House of the Dragon. A stand out performer and firm fan favourite. He also stole the show in Emerald Fennell’s hit feature Saltburn as Michael Gavey. Barry Keoghan’s weird and wonderful friend. With Ewan’s talent now globally recognised and revered, he has the world at his feet as future projects leave audiences with plenty to be excited about.

MEET THE TEAM

OUR DOP'S PREVIOUS WORK

VISUAL STYLE

We are hoping to shoot this film on gorgeous 35mm film. A medium that Natasha (DoP) and her team have a rich and proven track record with. Film inherently carries a timeless and unmatched cinematic quality and texture that digital cannot replicate. It will give our film a unique prestige within the festival circuit and with the industry leaders that we all already work alongside on a daily basis.

Our film begins dark and moody. The camera voyeuristic and creeping. As if we’re looking into an intimate part of our character’s life that remains hidden to the world. As we get to know him and ultimately sympathise with him, quirks and all, our style adapts a softer, sweeping quality. We see his world through his eyes, strange, awkward but sympathetic.

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