Crude Progress
Synopsis
Set to the music of James MacMillan the film mimics a folk tale, warning against the seduction of capitalism and the illusion of progress.
Details
- Year
- 2005
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 28 mins
- Format
- DVCPro-50
- Director
-
James Alcock, Simon Hipkins
- Producer
- Henry Eagles, Becky Lloyd, Agnes Wilkie
- Co-Producer
- Henry Eagles, Becky Lloyd, Agnes Wilkie
- Editor
- James Alcock, Simon Hipkins
- Director of Photography
- Simon Hipkins
- Sound
- James Alcock
- Composer
- James MacMillan
- Narrator
- Louis Mellis
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Corruption Films Ltd
2/2, 51 Stanmore RoadMount Florida
Glasgow G42 9AJ, Scotland
UK
T+44 (0)14 1586 9899
info@corruptionfilms.co.uk
Sales Company
Corruption Films Ltd
2/2, 51 Stanmore RoadMount Florida
Glasgow G42 9AJ, Scotland
UK
T+44 (0)14 1586 9899
info@corruptionfilms.co.uk
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.
The Archivist
Director: Rob Curry, Tim Plester
Year: 2026
In a battle against time and technology, can Britain's greatest living folklorist find a home for his vast archive of irreplaceable audiovisual material?
Hematology
Director: Ben Young
Year: 2026
The alien cosmos of microscopy becomes the setting for a posthumous dialogue: an exploration of the unspoken fallout of the pandemic years.
Ghost Town
Director: Katharine Round
Year: 2026
In a Japanese coastal town still haunted by the 2011 tsunami, a taxi becomes a moving confession booth. Over the course of one night, a series of conversations between drivers and their passengers reveal how those who survived live with the dead - as ghostly tales, dreams and everyday life merge in a magical drift between reality and imagination.