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A HORSE CALLED OZ

One night takes a strange turn when a man encounters a young woman living on the streets of London.

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A HORSE CALLED OZ

A HORSE CALLED OZ

A HORSE CALLED OZ

A HORSE CALLED OZ

A HORSE CALLED OZ

One night takes a strange turn when a man encounters a young woman living on the streets of London.

One night takes a strange turn when a man encounters a young woman living on the streets of London.

One night takes a strange turn when a man encounters a young woman living on the streets of London.

One night takes a strange turn when a man encounters a young woman living on the streets of London.

Paul Young
Paul Young
Paul Young
Paul Young
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$11,531 USD $11,531 USD 132 backers
118% of $9,720 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal



Synopsis

A HORSE CALLED OZ is a short film written and directed by Paul Young, following the chance encounter between two strangers. Scott, a young advertising copywriter, has his night swept out from under him when his evening is ruined and unwittingly meets a young woman named Leo, who sleeps rough on the streets of London. She spends her days volunteering at the local stables and her nights sleeping in a church graveyard. The fateful encounter takes us on an irreverent journey to the darker side of the city, giving an incisive and unsentimental look at homelessness, while revealing the unexpected hopes and dreams of two people with seemingly nothing in common. Set over the course of a single night in the city, this short and sharp tale about alienated strangers provides a compelling mixture of dark humour and gritty realism. The filmmakers would like to invite you to become an integral part of the production and join them for the experience...


Our Partners

EXCLUSIVE: We have launched a very special new charity perk, where 15% of the proceeds for every £15 claimed will go towards Centrepoint.

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. It supports over 8,400 16-25 year olds into housing and employment every year. Working directly in London, Yorkshire and the North East of England, Centrepoint also partners with other organisations across the UK and gives homeless young people a voice through the Centrepoint Parliament. It conducts research and influences government policy with the overall aim of ending youth homelessness. For more information on the work they do, you can visit their website here.



Who Are You & Why Should I Fund Your Film?

With his first short film, THE GLOWING HOURS, director Paul Young demonstrated that he could make a sensitive and cinematic film. The film played at film festivals around the world, screening alongside Oscar winning and nominated shorts, and was long-listed for an Academy Award. Making The Glowing Hours proved a very valuable learning experience, but now, with your help, we want to take A HORSE CALLED OZ one-step further. Gathering most of the same team who were behind The Glowing Hours, the same carefully crafted effort and attention-to-detail that went into The Glowing Hours will also go into A Horse Called Oz. The film will be produced by LightKeeper Entertainment and Milky Films, who have made BAFTA-nominated productions such as THE SECRET DANCER for Tate Kids.

Like most short films, this film is a non-profit enterprise. As a relevant and contemporary story that has the capacity to reach a wide and varied audience. We aim to involve you as fully as we can in the journey of making the film, and to share with you the experience behind the production process right through to its completion and travels to film festivals around the world. We will regularly update our online blog, as well as Facebook and Twitter, so you are always in touch with where we are in the production. 

Visit The Website for The Glowing Hours

Trailer for The Glowing Hours 

Production stills from the set of The Glowing Hours


London Live Interview


Click here to read more about A HORSE CALLED OZ in Headliner Magazine


Meet The Team

PAUL YOUNG (Writer & Director) Website | IMDB

Paul Young is an English filmmaker born in London, 04 July 1989. After leaving school at the age of fourteen, he began writing scripts and short stories and eventually managed to enroll in a course in Film Production whilst working as a runner, and later in various other departments. During this time rather than attend classes regularly Paul started using equipment from the college to make promo films for companies, as well as making his own short film productions, where he cut his teeth on the basics of editing, shooting and acting. This soon led to making feature length documentary ‘Freedom From M.E.’, where Paul travelled the UK interviewing people who suffered with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In 2012, he wrote and directed award winning short film, THE GLOWING HOURS.

KAUSHIK BHATTACHARYA (Producer) Website | IMDB

Driven by a childhood passion for filmmaking, Kaushik graduated from university as a determined and imaginative Producer and Director. After working on a number of features and commercials, alongside such directors as Peter Howitt and Chris Palmer, Kaushik co-founded his own production company, Milky Films, which became a route for him to work as a Producer with more directors he knows and loves. Having a slight addiction to drinking milk and being a self-confessed geek, the directors who have collaborated with Kaushik have always enjoyed the visual and creative flair that he brings and demands of his productions, which range from quirky commercials, to award winning films THE GLOWING HOURS and THE DECREE, and BAFTA award nominated interactive games for The Tate Gallery.

DAVID WINTER (Associate Producer) Website

A lifelong obsession with film and cinema has driven David to pursue a career in the industry. He graduated from De Montfort University in 2011 with a degree in Media Production, where he had the opportunity to train with the BBC at their Wood Norton training facility, and work with a series of incredibly talented and inspiring individuals in the industry. He currently runs a comedy sketch channel on YouTube, works as a freelance videographer and editor, and is currently in Post Production on his first short film, TRANSITIONS.

SAM CARE (Director of Photography) Website | IMDB

Sam Care was chosen by BAFTA as one of 42 emerging ‘Brits to Watch’ in 2011, and was invited by BAFTA to attend the event in LA that was hosted by the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. Sam graduated with an MA in Cinematography from the NFTS in 2009 (a recipient of the Freddie Francis Memorial Scholarship) and that same year was awarded scholarship to attend the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass taught by Vilmos Zsigmond. He has shot several award winning short films as well as 2nd Unit on the E4 cult hit TV series, MISFITS (he also shot online content for the series working with BAFTA nominated director Jonathan van Tulleken). His short film, CONNECT, directed by Samuel Abrahams, was BAFTA nominated in 2010, and his critically acclaimed feature, IN OUR NAME, directed by Brian Welsh, was officially selected at the BFI London Film Festival 2010. He is currently in post-production on his most recent feature, COUPLE IN A HOLE.

ANDRE JACQUEMIN (Sound Designer) IMDB

Andre Jacquemin has accumulated over 130 major awards to his credit including 2 BAFTA nominations, having worked in a various capacities in a career spanning over 40 years doing Sound Design and Sound Supervision, ADR, Foley, Music Supervision, Composing for TV, Radio and Film, and anything else the film industry can throw at him “including old socks and used dentures by retired actors”. Andre has been involved in a combination of thousands of TV shows, Radio commercials, Movies and the production of countless hit singles and albums plus recording and co-producing over 14 Monty Python albums since 1969 onwards, with some of his film works including Monty Python’s LIFE OF BRIAN, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS and THE ZERO THEOREM. He co-owns post-production studio Redwood Studios in London with Michael Palin.

ROBERT CHARLES MANN (Composer) Website | IMDB

Robert Charles Mann grew up in a house full of music. His mother was a concert pianist which explains his bent for creating ambiences that include traditional orchestral elements, but also his life in Los Angeles producing performance art, playing in punk bands and composing electronic music accounts for the other aspects of Robert's signature sound. Robert studied orchestration with Hummie Mann (no relation) in Edinburgh Scotland at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program, achieved production and mixing credentials at London Institute of Sound Engineering and also studied at Musicians Institute in Hollywood and Ohio State University School of Music. He has recently co-composed with Cliff Martinez on films such as SEVERE CLEAR and ESPION(S), which was nominated for a César Award for best first film and scored the first film by Paul Young, THE GLOWING HOURS, which was nominated the "Gold Medal for Excellence in Original Music for a Dramatic Short Film" at the Park City Film Music Awards in 2012.

Promotional still of A Horse Called Oz

Where Does The Money Go Exactly?

With the money raised through Indiegogo, everything will go towards the start up production costs for the film. This includes buying and hiring props and costumes, camera and lighting equipment, cast and crew expenses, catering, transportation costs, production insurance and location fees. We aim to shoot A Horse Called Oz on Arri Alexa in anamorphic, with sound mixed in Dolby 5.1 at Twickenham Film Studios and presented on a 2K and 4K DCP. On top of this, our budget will also be going towards delivering the rewards promised to our backers, such as the printing costs for posters, DVD’s, Blu-Rays and international postage and packaging.


Writer/Director Paul Young and Producer Kaushik Bhattacharya



Where Will I Be Able To See The Film?

As an Indiegogo backer, you will be one of the first people to receive an exclusive copy of the film on DVD or via digital download. Eligible backers will also be able to attend a special cast and crew screening of the film. See the tiers on the right hand side of the page for details of the rewards available for backers.


Risks & Challenges

    Having made a short film with The Glowing Hours that was of a high production value, we face the challenge of needing to meet the same production quality we’ve achieved previously on a considerably lower budget. We’ll be shooting entirely on location in London around several of its busiest streets and landmarks at night, including several scenes involving extras. This involves coordinating a crew through many location moves, late-night shoots in winter and working in often uncontrolled environments, which poses many logistical challenges. Fortunately we’ve surrounded ourselves with an incredibly talented and experienced team, and with a great deal of careful planning, organisation and coordination with London city councils, we feel prepared to take on these challenges and mitigate as many of the risks as possible that come with the filmmaking process.

    Aside from some of the practical challenges involved with making a film, there is also an ethical one. Being inspired by the real-life story of a homeless person in a vulnerable situation, similar to that of many other young people sleeping rough in the UK, we feel an enormous responsibility to portray this story as accurately and realistically as possible, while also presenting the story in a very compelling, original and interesting way accessible to a wide and varied audience.

    Visit The Official Website for A Horse Called Oz


    Promotional still of A Horse Called Oz

    Still from the screening of The Glowing Hours


    Other Ways You Can Help

    Some people simply aren't able to contribute, but  there are still other ways you can help. Ask folks to get the word out and make some noise about the campaign by sharing the page on Facebook and Twitter. You can use the Indiegogo share tools at the top of the page to spread the word or find links below. 

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    *CENTREPOINT EXCLUSIVE*

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    You'll receive an exclusive digital download of the short film in full HD 1080p (once the festival run is complete), plus all of the perks above. 15% of the proceeds of every £15 contribution claimed will go towards CENTREPOINT, the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people.
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    You’ll receive a Thank You on the film’s credits, Facebook, Twitter and website, as well as all of our behind-the-scenes project updates.
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    WARNING: Spoiler alert! We will send you a PDF of the screenplay, plus all of the above.
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    The Special Preview

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    All the glamour of the red carpet - in your own home! You’ll receive a private password-protected link to have a sneak peek of the finished film months before its first public screening! This exclusive window will last 48 hours. PLUS you still get the digital download when it's available, plus all the above.
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    Receive a Special Thanks on the film's credits and on IMDB, plus all of the above.
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    Hold on to this...

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    ...it might be worth something someday! You’ll receive a DVD copy of the film, signed by the cast and crew (once our festival run is complete), plus all of the above.
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    You'll receive a signed copy of the script, and selected storyboards, as well as a personalised Thank You Video from the director, plus all of the above.
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    The Big Screen Experience

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    All the glamour of the red carpet - on an actual red carpet! You will receive a ticket to attend a special cast and crew screening of the film in central London. Have a drink with the team at the after party (you will have to provide your own travel or accommodation). (Plus digital download, online premiere, IMDB credit, signed script, storyboards and DVD copy, and exclusive updates).
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    The Collector’s Edition

    Currency Conversion $156 USD
    £120 GBP
    For those who like all the goodies! You'll receive a handsome poster and Blu-Ray, signed by all the cast and crew (once our festival run is complete). You will also get a DVD of Director Paul Young’s previous short film, The Glowing Hours. PLUS the digital download, online premiere, ticket to the premiere, IMDB credit, signed script and storyboards, and all exclusive content.
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    You’re gonna be a star kid!

    Currency Conversion $194 USD
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    You and a friend will get to be an extra in one of the scenes in the movie and have an opportunity to get your face on camera! Spend time on set, drink hot tea from a polystyrene cup and watch the magic unfold in front of your eyes (You will have to provide your own travel and accommodation, and be sure to wrap up warm!) PLUS digital download, online premiere, ticket to the premiere, IMDB credit, signed script and storyboards, DVD copy and exclusive content.
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    Have an exclusive private Q&A with the team! Get the chance to sit down and speak with the filmmakers over Skype or Google Hangouts to talk about the making of the film. PLUS the digital download, online premiere, ticket to the premiere, be an extra in the film, IMDB credit, signed script and storyboards, DVD copy and exclusive content.
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    Receive an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CREDIT on the film. Welcome to the team! This is an exciting way for you to really be a part of our film and get your name up there on the big screen! You will also be invited to come down to the set and see the film being made. (PLUS the digital download, online premiere, THREE tickets to the premiere, private Q&A, IMDB credit, signed script and storyboards, signed Blu-Ray and poster and all exclusive content.)
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    The Big Dog. The top of the food chain. Receive an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT on the credits! You are now a truly indelible part of this film. Includes optional swear word filled rant if the film runs over budget. (PLUS the digital download, online premiere, FIVE tickets to the premiere, private Q&A, IMDB credit, signed script and storyboards, the signed Blu-Ray and poster, and all exclusive content.)
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