British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

God's Nightmares

Synopsis

In the latest of his idiosyncratic blends of found-film hallucination and metaphysical comedy routine, director Daniel Cockburn imagines the thoughts that rattle through the Almighty’s head late at night, presuming that He has a head at all.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Short Cuts - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins
Director
Daniel Cockburn
Editor
Daniel Cockburn
Screenwriter
Daniel Cockburn

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Canada, UK co-production

zeroFunction Productions

Sales Company

Vtape

401 Richmond Street West, Suite 452
Toronto
Ontario M5V 3A8
Canada

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.

Suggest amendments

See also

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

The Argument (with annotations) The Argument (with annotations)

Director: Daniel Cockburn

Year: 2017

What begins as an enquiry on things that mean other things itself becomes a thing that means other things, too. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Short Cuts - World premiere

Experimental
Untitled Mike Leigh Feature Untitled Mike Leigh Feature

Director: Mike Leigh

Year: 2026

Awaiting synopsis

Drama
Réservée Réservée

Director: Richard Anthony Dunford

Year: 2025

All planets in our solar system revolve around the sun. For Evan and Rhian, their universe revolves around table twelve at the Rainbow Inn on Mill Lane.

Drama Romance