The Sealed World

MiniDV, Colour, With Sound, 6 Mins Approx, 2009

Mist parts to reveal two young women seated in an overgrown garden surrounded by wild flowers. Detached from the outside world they transform everyday activities into private rituals of mysterious, esoteric, design.

The Sealed World features an original soundtrack by acclaimed musician Abi Fry, whose previous work includes collaborations with: British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes,
The Flowers of Hell, Euchrid Eucrow and Jacob's Stories.

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Abi Fry also appears in the film, alongside co-star Jo Israel.

Crime Scene

HDV, B&W, With Sound, 9 Mins Approx, 2007

A gang of noir villains enacts a brutal and stylised final scene – staging a formalised ritual of death and betrayal on a blank set drained of colour and emotion.

Crime Scene features a soundtrack by Brighton-based saxophonist Ross Mason.

Visit: www.myspace.com/rossmasonmusic

The cast includes punk legend Gene October of Chelsea who, along with enjoying a successful music career, has also appeared in films including Derek Jarman's Jubilee (1978) and Caravaggio (1986).

MENCAO HONROSA B&W / HONORABLE MENTION B&W

Toby Tatum's film Crime Scene was commended by the jury at the 5th B&W Festival Audiovisual in Porto, Portugal. The jury praised the film for "distilling the essence of film-noir, freeing it from narrative"

A selection of production photographs taken on the set of Crime Scene can be viewed at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobytatum/

Crime Scene is funded by Arts Council England.

Between Two Men

Super-8 / Digital Video, Colour, With Sound, 8 Mins Approx, 2005

An old man is unsettled by the re-emergence of an obscure figure from the past whose unwelcome appearance triggers memories of espionage and sudden violence.

Toby Tatum’s film Between Two Men explores his relationship to his father – examining an image complicated by layers of fiction and accumulated mysteries.

Between Two Men features a soundtrack by the free-jazz collective Wonb.

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Between Two Men is also being streamed on the Electric Cinema website.

Visit: www.dshed.net/electriccinema/index.php?programme=2&start=0&film=12

A psychological film noir.

Super-8 / Digital Video, B&W, With Sound, 5 Mins Approx, 2003

A disturbed young woman sits alone in a stark room plagued by submerged horrors and strange, unsettling, imaginings.

The Void features a soundtrack by Berlin-based electronic outfit Testcard.

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Heavy Smoker

16mm, Silent, Colour, 6 Mins Approx, 2002

Heavy Smoker describes a claustrophobic world of sweaty, sad-eyed, masturbatory obsessivenes. The film slides between different times and spaces. Those real, remembered or imagined.

Terrain Vague

Super-8, Silent, Colour, 19 Mins Approx, 2000

Terrain Vague opens on the aftermath of a violent scene – the action having taken place before the film begins. The film then builds in anticipation of another violent encounter but, when it does come, the camera focuses on architectural details of the surrounding area rather than on the confrontation that is supposedly taking place.

Most of the film comprises the space separating these two frustrating incidents – a limbo of suspended narrative.

Girl With a Suitcase

Super-8, Silent, Colour, 12 Mins Approx, 1999

A young woman struggles through the streets with a heavy suitcase. She knocks at a door – no answer. She waits. Time passes. She wanders, seemingly without direction, dragging the case with her...