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The Flicker Room

A short film exploring survival in a world where love can no longer be felt.

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The Flicker Room

The Flicker Room

The Flicker Room

The Flicker Room

The Flicker Room

A short film exploring survival in a world where love can no longer be felt.

A short film exploring survival in a world where love can no longer be felt.

A short film exploring survival in a world where love can no longer be felt.

A short film exploring survival in a world where love can no longer be felt.

Shadi Hamta
Shadi Hamta
Shadi Hamta
Shadi Hamta
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$606 USD $606 USD 16 backers
9% of $6,315 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

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. 
If this project sparks your interest please support us with your funding donations (there will of course be some perks for your kindness.)
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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. 

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Online Screener

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you an online screener of the completed film.
3 claimed

Film Still

Currency Conversion $13 USD
£10 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you an original still from the film and any aforementioned perks.
4 claimed

Your Moment in the Spotlight

Currency Conversion $25 USD
£20 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you the opportunity to appear as an Extra in the film and any aforementioned perks.
0 claimed

Film DVD

Currency Conversion $63 USD
£50 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you a DVD copy of the completed film and any aforementioned perks.
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Original soundtrack

Currency Conversion $126 USD
£100 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you a copy of the original soundtrack from the film and any aforementioned perks.
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Design sketches and Storyboard

Currency Conversion $632 USD
£500 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you copies of the original design sketches and storyboards of the film and any aforementioned perks.
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A Special Thanks Credit

Currency Conversion $1,263 USD
£1,000 GBP
For your kind contribution, we will give you a Special Thanks credit at the end of the film and any aforementioned perks.
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