THE FLICKER ROOM
THE FLICKER ROOM is a short film that explores survival in a dystopian world where love can no longer be felt organically. The Flicker Room, an old cinema screening room, enables its users to feel this love, but only briefly- which may prove more damaging than not knowing it at all.
Written and directed by Shadi Hamta and produced by Bonnie Roberts, with your help we hope to lift this exciting concept from page to screen by funding the fantastic acting talent, camera crew, production team and equipment we need to make it a reality.
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Thanks so much for your support!
Writer/Director- Shadi Hamta
Producer- Bonnie Roberts
Associate Producers- Emily O'Connell Bater & Emily Perry
WHY I WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM,
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
The Flicker Room has lived in my head for quite a while now,
unfurling itself slowly like the delicate wings of a baby dove, or a
particularly frustrating episode of Serial. It’s really a film about everything
that interests me- strange, bleak worlds, working crappy jobs in polyester
uniforms, wastelands, what human beings think in their own heads, severe haircuts and
red velvet cinema seats. This seems like a good, if indulgent, place to start with storytelling- to tell
a story that interests you. But, the main reason I want to make this film is
that I don’t think it is a story I have seen on screen before. There could be room
for it, a space for it to be told.
Although it is a story set in a world devoid of feelings of
love, the L word is never used in the script. Instead, I think the film is more
about another L- loneliness, our need for others and what would happen in a
world where we lack emotional connections. I hope it will make tangible some feelings
we each recognise, when they are magnified in a world we don’t. I hope The Flicker
Room has a bit of punch; that we create something imaginative, which takes risks
and is worth making. In my head, I’ve
watched The Flicker Room multiple times- the various versions of rejigged
lines, changing casts and generous Director’s Cut and (unusually for me) I'm
still excited by it. I would now love other people to see it too.
WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT US, A
NOTE FROM THE PRODUCER
When I read the Flicker Room for the first time, I knew
I wanted to see it on screen. I wanted these characters to be more than just my
imagination and knew the writer was the only one capable of bringing them to
life with the veracity they deserve. You can’t become a director by having
a job interview, devouring the films of others (though this helps) or watching
other people direct. To be a director, you must make a film. And to put it
bluntly- to make a film, you need money. Without money, a filmmaker is a
lumberjack without their axe (and a lumberjack without their axe is just a hairy
man staring up at some trees).
It takes an army to make a film. Acting
talent, producer, DP, camera crew, lighting technician, sound recorder, sound
designers, editor, colourist, caterers, drivers, runners, and the list goes on.
I know I would want to know exactly where my money is going, so below is a
list of where we will place the funds. Most importantly, however, you will be providing
us with the tools we need to tell this fascinating story. I promise that when
the credits role, you’ll be proud to have been a part of it.
Where your money goes:
Location Hire Costs
Camera Equipment
Sound Equipment
Lighting Equipment
Make Up
Wardrobe
Props
Transport costs
Editing costs
Music Rights
Insurance
Food. It’s hungry work.
Please know that the individuals involved
in this film will not be taking a penny, all above are material costs.