Project Detail

Adira's Dream

Synopsis

A first date becomes a torment of past and present relationships. Set in a quirky west London restaurant, millennials Adira and Dan sit down to their first date together.
Despite matching on a dating app, on the first impression, photographer Dan does not fit Adira’s archetype. After an awkward first course, screenwriter Adira explains her struggles with writer's block, Dan suggests she write a screenplay of her own life.
Awkward silences at the dining table transport us to intimate moments with Adira in her flat. We see her struggles with depression and loneliness. A dark figure follows Adira like a shadow through London streets. Gushing streams moving upward through a Nordic valley take us deep into Adira’s sub-consciousness.
Moving through various dream-like states reality becomes uncertain. Adira is writing, we hear the typewriter violently tapping, is she changing the course of events? Back at the restaurant, Dan has become visibly distressed. His character viscous.
This is life through a social media lens, a fifty-word limit, and endless filters - until a violent encounter brings reality crashing down.

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Features
Running time
76 min
Format
2.39:1 iPhone 4K
Director
Oliver Williams 1st Feature
Producer
Oliver Williams, Kat Kemsley
Executive Producer
Oliver Williams
Editor
Patrick Miles Widdop
Screenwriter
Oliver Williams, Angelique Jones
Director of Photography
Oliver Williams
Production Designer
Oliver Williams
Sound
Louise Burton
Composer
AK Patterson, Alfie Wheedon, Nat Reading
Principal cast
Angelique Jones, Thomas Moore

Production Status

Production Company

Oblidah Ltd

Oliver Williams
Home Farm
Aston Rowant
Watlington
Oxfordshire OX49 5ST

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