Project Detail

Giants

Giants
Giants

Synopsis

Drifting through his post-industrial town scavenging for scrap, isolated teenager Sandy finds unexpected purpose after meeting conspiracy theorist Don, who tasks him with destroying a local wind farm.
A subversive retelling of Cervantes' Don Quixote - GIANTS is set against the backdrop of about living in an austerity-ravaged north-eastern town, a community stripped of its purpose and prospects the way ships were broken on it's very doorstep; its about false visions for the future for young men often groomed by radical ideology; and it's about the giants we imagine for ourselves.
Official Selection Leeds International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 min 20 sec
Format
DIGITAL
Director
Andy Berriman
Producer
Dermot O'Dempsey
Editor
Dom Old, John Kirkbride
Screenwriter
Alex Oates
Director of Photography
Jack Edwards
Production Designer
May Davies
Sound
Fred Englefield
Composer
Cecilia Morgan
Principal cast
Josh Barrow, Trevor Fox

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Rockall Films

36 Stonyford
Lauder
Berwickshire
TD2 6AW

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