To Miss the Ending
Synopsis
Imagine a world where there is no air left to breathe, no rivers to race a paper boat on and no parks to roam in. Environmental damage, job-automation, the breakdown of personal connections have led to a future where the best choice of survival is to upload your own memories into an automated AI cloud server and reconnect with loved ones in the vastness of the net.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 28 min
- Format
- VR Teathered Headset
- Director
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Anna West, David Callanan
- Producer
- Steph Clarke
- Co-Producer
- idontloveyouaymore, New Creatives, Tyneside Cinema
- Executive Producer
- Dan Tucker
- Screenwriter
- Anna West (Screenwriter), Theatre 42 (Original Story By)
- Production Designer
- David Callanan
- Sound
- We Make Audio
- Composer
- Jamie Finlay
- Principal cast
- Charlotte Berry, Michael Dodds, Houmi Miura, Ben Kulvichit, Anna West
- Animation
- David Callanan, Joe Whitmore
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
An idontloveyouanymore and Tyneside Cinema Production for New Creatives, supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England
idontloveyouanymore
HedgerowsGullet Lane
Kirby Muxloe
Leicester
LE9 2BL
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