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Ghosts of Solid Air

Synopsis

GHOSTS OF SOLID AIR is an experiential Augmented Reality (AR) story that you do on your phone - Voices guide you on a journey from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. As you move, you encounter a ghost world layered right on top of us all the time - shadows who shimmer in and out vision, haunting the streets and whispering messages into the air. These are people from across time who were radicalised through personal experience and forced into disobedient action.
Obey those in charge at your peril, they say. Speak up! And you will be heard. Through an encounter with those who have been pushed beyond their tipping point - this experience asks: where does disobedience come from? And is it for love or rage that we break peace with the conditions of now? Walk with the ghosts - and decide for yourself.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

Details

Year
2023
Running time
85 mins
Format
AR (Augmented Reality)
Director
Amy Rose
Producer
John Hunter, Amaya Jeyarajah Dent, Leonardo Lami
Executive Producer
Kirsty Jennings, Chi Thai
Screenwriter
Amy Rose, Sonali Bhattacharyya
Production Designer
Mireille Fauchon, Will Young, Oscar Cheung
Sound
Axel Kacoutié
Principal cast
Tatenda Naomi Matsvai, Tim McMullan, Abraham Popoola, Aaron Neil, Imogen Doel, Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt, Dan Glass, Edward Daffarn, Navern Kruz

Genre

Experimental Human Rights Woman Director Black Comedy Drama

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Anagram

96 Teesdale Street
London
E2 6PU

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