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Nightwalking Directed by Daniel Cormack Produced by Daniel Cormack
(Producer)
Will Briggs
(Co-Producer)
Natasha Carlish
(Executive Producer)Written by Ben Clover Starring Raquel Cassidy
Lloyd WoolfMusic by Andy Simms Cinematography Sam Osborne Editing by Ian Grech Studio Actaeon Films Distributed by Network Ireland Television Release date(s) February 15, 2008 (UK Theatrical - X'08 International Disability Film Festival)
June 26, 2009 (CA Theatrical - Nickel Independent Film Festival)
February 23, 2008 (UK Satellite Broadcast - Propeller TV)
September 16, 2010 (UK Terrestrial Network Broadcast - Channel 4)Running time 3 minutes Country United Kingdom
GermanyLanguage English Nightwalking (also known as Night Walking) is a 2008 British short film comedy horror directed by Daniel Cormack, starring Raquel Cassidy and Lloyd Woolf.
In 2010, Nightwalking was selected for preservation by the British Film Institute's National Archive[1] and was archived by the British Universities Film and Video Council as part of their Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT).[2]
Contents
Plot
Returning from a night out, Martha (Raquel Cassidy) hears footsteps behind her and becomes convinced she's being followed as she walks down a dark path on her way home. She ponders various strategies such as pretending to do up her shoes in order to let her follower overtake her or simply running away, but dismisses each idea as endangering her even more. Eventually she screws up her courage to turn around and confront the man behind her, but when she does so she sees nothing except a mobile phone glowing on the ground as it calls somebody. James (Lloyd Woolf), her follower, has actually been going out of his way to avoid the impression he is following her or is a threat, but every time he does so it somehow backfires. He tries speeding up to overtake her, but this only makes Martha walk faster. He ponders taking a different route, but there are no turnings off the path they are walking down. Eventually he decides to make a "loud non-threatening phone call" to his mum, reasoning that: "I bet rapists never call their mums." However as he is distracted with finding her number in his phone, he fails to notice a manhole in the ground and falls head over heels into it, his phone flying to the ground near Martha's feet.
Release
Nightwalking was originally released online as part of the inaugural Virgin Media Shorts Competition in 2008.[3] It quickly became the most viewed film attracting over 12,300 views[4] and hundreds of comments.[3] The judges initially shortlisted the film for the Grand Prize. However, when the film came to be classified by the British Board of Film Classification it was given a 12a certificate,[5] thus disqualifying it from the competition, which required that the 12 shortlisted films were certified as a PG or U.
Festivals
Year Festival Programme Title Country Première Status 2008 X'08 International Disability Film Festival Director's Showcase: Daniel Cormack UK World[6][7][8] 2008 Shooting People Split Focus at the BFI Split Focus: Daniel Cormack / Kara Miller UK [9] 2008 Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival Wimbledon Shorts Film Competition UK [10] 2008 Shot by the Sea:
Hastings Film FestivalFestival Launch
Prior to Persepolis
Prior to PersepolisUK [11][12] 2008 Canary Wharf Film Festival Short Film UK UK [13][14][15] 2008 Cornwall Film Festival Another Country International Short Film Award UK [16] 2008 Portobello Film Festival London Filmmakers Convention - Day 2 UK [17] 2008 Compass of Mystery Festival Five Minutes of Mystery UK [18] 2008 Hello Digital Film Festival Prior to the feature presentation of 28 Days Later UK [19][20] 2008 Filmstock International Film Festival Short Film Weekend 02 UK [21] 2009 CAN Leicester Film Festival Day 2 UK [22] 2009 The End of the Pier International Film Festival Comedy Drama Shorts UK [23] 2009 Nickel Independent Film Festival Shorts Canada Canadian[24] 2010 Limelight Film & Arts Awards Best Comedy category UK [25] 2011 Rob Knox Film Festival Festival UK [26] Broadcast
In 2010, Nightwalking was broadcast on Channel 4 as part of "a series of short original films produced by a variety of talented writers and directors";[27] the first time in over 8 years that Channel 4 had acquired and broadcast independent short films.[28]
Reception
Awards & Nominations
Rank Award Awarding Body Nominee Year Winner Best Merton Filmmaker Award Wimbledon Shorts Film Competition Daniel Cormack 2008[10] Nominated Short Film UK Award Canary Wharf Film Festival Daniel Cormack 2008[13] Nominated Another Country International Short Film Award Cornwall Film Festival Daniel Cormack 2008[16] Nominated Five Minutes of Mystery - Best Film Award Compass of Mystery Film Festival Daniel Cormack 2008[29] Nominated Golden Monkey Award CAN Leicester Film Festival Daniel Cormack 2008[22] Nominated Best Comedy Award Limelight Film & Arts Awards Daniel Cormack 2010[25] Shortlisted (Disqualified) Virgin Media Shorts Award Virgin Media Daniel Cormack 2008[2] See also
- Amelia and Michael
- A Fitting Tribute
- Make Me a Tory
References
- ^ "Nightwalking (2008)". BFI - Film & TV Database. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/836446.
- ^ a b "Night Walking". British Universities Film and Video Council. http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt/index.php/prog/016C01DF?bcast=64347478.
- ^ a b "Virgin Media Shorts - Nightwalking". Virgin Media. 4 Nov 2008. http://replay.web.archive.org/20081104102703/http://virginmediashorts.com/film/1519727196.
- ^ "Virgin Media Shorts - Nightwalking (Bottom of page)". Virgin Media Shorts. 1 Sep 2008. http://replay.web.archive.org/20080901163248/http://www.virginmediashorts.com/film/1543551325.
- ^ "Virgin Media Shorts - Nightwalking". British Board of Film Classification. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AAV251149.
- ^ "Director's Showcase: Daniel Cormack". Film London. http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2008/february/directors_showcase_daniel_cormack.
- ^ "Director's Showcase: Daniel Cormack". Remote Goat. http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=20782.
- ^ "Film Preview". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/feb/09/theguide.reviews4.
- ^ "Split Focus #2". Shooting People. http://shootingpeople.org/bensblog/2008/03/split-focus-2/.
- ^ a b "Wimbledon Shorts 2008 - Winners". Wimbledon Film Club. http://www.wimbledonshorts.com/winners.html.
- ^ "Electric Palace: Shot by the Sea: Hastings Film Festival 2008". Electric Palace Cinema. http://www.electricpalacecinema.com/f_listings.html.
- ^ "SBTS 08 Brochure". Electric Palace Cinema. http://www.electricpalacecinema.com/docs/SBTS%2008%20Brochure.pdf.
- ^ a b "Short Film UK". Canary Wharf Film Festival. http://www.cwff.org.uk/08/short_film_uk.php.
- ^ "Canary Wharf Film Festival review: Short Film UK". The Wharf. http://www.wharf.co.uk/2008/09/canary-wharf-film-festival-rev-3.html.
- ^ "CWFF08 Festival Guide". Canary Wharf Film Festival. http://www.cwff.org.uk/09/wp-content/themes/cwff/downloads/CWFF08%20Festival%20Guide.pdf.
- ^ a b "Cornwall Film Festival 2008: Another Country International Short Film Award". Cornwall Film Festival. http://cornwall.bside.com/2008/films/anothercountryinternationalshortfilmaward_cornwall2008;jsessionid=6C4BE87AD6D531C8E22BCD978F03CEFD.
- ^ "Portobello Film Festival London Filmmakers Convention". Portobello Film Festival. http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2008/09-03_paradise.html.
- ^ "Compass of Desire Festival". Short Film Central. http://www.shortfilmcentral.com/event/1338/1/.
- ^ "Hello Digital - Daniel Cormack". Hello Digital. http://2008.hellodigital.net/participants/daniel-cormack/.
- ^ "How to programme a film festival: update three". Catherine Bray. http://catherinebray.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/how-to-programme-a-film-festival-update-three/.
- ^ "Filmstock International Film Festival". Short Film Central. http://www.shortfilmcentral.com/event/425/2/.
- ^ a b "LINE OUT - Movie Making in the East Midlands". Line Out - Leicester Independent Producers' Association. 19 Dec 2008. http://replay.web.archive.org/20081219154239/http://www.lineout.org/.
- ^ "Friday 1st May". End of the Pier International Film Festival. http://www.eotpfilmfestival.co.uk/?q=node/35.
- ^ "2010 Nickel Film Festival Roadshow". College of the North Atlantic. http://www.cna.nl.ca/news/default.asp?MessageID=600.
- ^ a b "Limelight Film & Arts Awards". Spotlight UK. http://limelightonline.org/index-3.limelight2010.html.
- ^ "Licensing Sub-Committee Agenda". Bexley Council. http://democracy.bexley.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=26398&T=10.
- ^ "Night Walking Channel 4 (HD)". TV Pixie. http://tvpixie.com/tv-listings/16-sep-2010-0405/channel-4-(hd)/night-walking.
- ^ "Channel 4 Orders Network Ireland Television Shorts". Irish Film & Television Network. http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282894&tpl=archnews&only=1.
- ^ "Nightwalking". Festival Focus. http://www.festivalfocus.org/film_view.php?uid=3548.
External links
- Actaeon Films Official Production Company website
- Network Ireland Television Official Distributor website
- Nightwalking at the British Council British Films Directory
- Nightwalking at the British Film Institute
- Nightwalking at the Complete Index to World Film
- Nightwalking at the Internet Movie Database
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- 2010 films
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- British short films
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- British drama films
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