Project Detail

80,000 Christmas Lights

Synopsis

Following several tragic events, Jo and Amy attempt to come to terms with their new life as another Christmas in the care system approaches. Using audio interviews with brother and sister, Jo and Amy we listen to their memories as they deal with loss, separation and acceptance.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins 05 secs
Format
HD
Director
Andy Taylor Smith
Producer
Andy Taylor Smith & Russell Noon
Co-Producer
N/A
Executive Producer
Film London
Editor
Andy Taylor Smith
Screenwriter
Andy Taylor Smith
Director of Photography
Andy Taylor Smith
Production Designer
Hannah Budd
Sound
Gernot Fuhrmann
Composer
N/A
Principal cast
Voice of Amy Webb: Alex Wilson, Voice of Jo Webb: Bradley Badder
For Film London
Josic Cadoret, Kevin Dolan, Maggie Ellis
With the support of
Film London, BFI, The National Lottery and Skillset.

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

This Chair Is Not Me This Chair Is Not Me

Director: Andy Taylor Smith

Year: 2011

While cerebral palsy confines Alan Martin to a wheelchair and inhibits his speech, he refuses to limit himself. When he gains access to technology that enables him to find a voice, his life is transformed.

If Himmler Played Guitar If Himmler Played Guitar

Director: Andy Taylor Smith

Year: 2011

As his fascination with re-enacting grew, Jon discovered his uncanny resemblance to one of history’s most nefarious characters.Apparently it’s to do with the shape of the jaw.

A woman in a wedding dress holding a bouquet sits on a green armchair, smiling at the camera Anak Where Did We Stay?

Director: Sadia Pineda Hameed

Year: 2026

ANAK WHERE DID WE STAY? is a five-channel film by Sadia Pineda Hameed that brings together The Box’s home movie collection and the artist’s personal/family collection. Rasheed Araeen’s chakras, spouting waves, Beatlesmania, a basking shark, hula dance, an Enoch Powell protest, tidal islands and seafoam floating into the air—the archives converge across time to tell the story of the artist’s mother’s migration from one archipelago to another: the Philippines to the British Isles. The film becomes a gathering site for personal and collective experiences of journeys, resilience and belonging. Road trips unexpectedly reenact the archive, footage finds itself out of context, voices commentate the film as if rewatching a home movie together; mimesis, associations and autonomy are central to the retelling. As camcorders became more accessible from the 1970s onwards, home movies were an unconscious means to rebuild personal archives after colonial displacement, extraction and erasure. ANAK WHERE DID WE STAY?, named after the home movie from The Box’s archive 'Perranporth Where Did We Stay?', unfolds as a conversation between the artist and her mother, exploring the three interconnected journeys of migration, holidays and remembering. Produced as part of The Box’s Reimagining the Film Archive programme (BFI Screen Heritage Fund).