Room 8 (2013)
- Directed by
- James W. Griffiths
- Genre
- drama, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, horror
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 86 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man wakes up in a jail cell with a strange cellmate who has a box. The story unfolds through their conversation and the objects inside the box.
tensemysteriousclaustrophobicunsettlingtwistedslow-burnoddsurreal
What happens
Room 8 is a short, six-minutes-long film that was one of several short films that won the Bombay Sapphire's Imagination Series. The film is based on a script by Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey S. Fletcher. After Fletcher completed the dialogue, the script (without stage direction) was released and contestants would create their film using this dialogue. Room 8 was directed by James W. Griffiths, editing student of National Film and Television School. Griffiths won £40,000 from Bombay Sapphire to make the film. Although Room 8 takes place in London, it was filmed in Poland due to cost restraints. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and later won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film at the 67th British Academy Film Awards. It was the first and only branded film to win the award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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