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Snapshot

Snapshot
Snapshot

Synopsis

London, 1888. Amateur inventor, Tamworth, has just created the first moving image machine.
A modified pinhole camera with wax cylinders attached, he uses it to document a group of women who have fallen into a conspiracy that the violent ‘Jack The Ripper’ is not a man, but a monster.
But his account, though revolutionary, is itself distorted. The newspapers he reads are unregulated, the people he interviews confused by misinformation, and the events he captures cut off and mangled at the edges.
This disturbing journey into his sepia-toned rabbit hole delivers a haunting warning on the perspectives we are fed... as well as what - and who - we can truly believe.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 min
Director
Joseph Archer 1st Feature
Producer
Joseph Archer, Cathy Wippell, Chippy Babu, Mario Stefan, Serge Cedrick
Executive Producer
Michael Osowski, Tushar Rakheja, Barry Vonk, Megan Teo
Screenwriter
Cathy Wippell
Principal cast
Tom Stourton, Cathy Wippell, Hazel Ann Rogers, Lydia Helen, Nadia Lamin, Rosie Bella-Johnson

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Production Status

Production Company

Silicon Gothic

Joseph Archer, Cathy Wippell
20 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU
+44 (0)7469 788765 (Joseph)
+44 (0)7851 215737 (Cathy)

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