The Time Travellers Of 1908

 (2005, 8’52”, 35mm)

The Time Travellers Of 1908 is a home-movie about London in the 21st Century made by two explorers from 1908.

Using a time-machine shaped like a movie camera, the explorers visit the structures of 21st Century London which capture their imagination. They visit the London Eye, Canary Wharf and the Docklands Light Railway, as well as places they recognise from their own time, such as Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.

Finally returning to 1908, they take an unexpected gift to show their families…

TECHNIQUE

It was shot entirely on original Edwardian hand-cranked 35mm cameras with antique English Cooke lenses. The soundtrack recorded on a 1909 Edison phonograph. Shooting on period equipment creates an authentic Edwardian film ‘look’ and a sense of shock for viewers when we see present-day London in a film that looks a century old.

The Time Travellers Of 1908 was made with completion funding from the City Of Westminster Arts Council and Film London. It also features a guest appearance by Neil Edmond, star of ‘The Consultants’ radio series and joint winner of Perrier Award Best Newcomer in 2003. He also appeared in my earlier film G.M.

CAST

Man From The Future: Neil Edmond
Young Woman: Moira Govan
Mother: Sue Woollett
Son: William Woollett

CREW

Costumes Designed By Vicky West
Camera Assistants: Piers Adderley, William Woollett and Duncan Thomsen
Hair And Make-Up: Kimberley Cole & Joanna Dixon
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Stills Photographer: David Boulogne & Duncan Thomsen
Film Consultant: Guy Edmonds
Poster Design by Vicky West
Soundtrack Composed by Aleksander Kolkowski
Film Editor: Alistair Kerr
Director Of Photography: John Adderley
Writer/Director/Producer: Martin Pickles

Promoted By: British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London Sw1A 2BN Tel.: +44 20 7930 8466

SCREENINGS

2015

Cinema Jam for Scalarama’s I WANT TO BE A CINEMA event/workshop in Brighton, 11th April 2015. Programmed by Dawn Sharpless

2010

BFI Southbank Studio (National Film Theatre), London, 7th August 2010

2007

BFI Southbank Studio (National Film Theatre), London, 1st December 2007
Independent Film Festival II, British Council, Cairo, Egypt, 23rd November 2007
IFCT Schedule Burlington, Vermont, USA, 10th/11th November 2007
Wansworth And Westminster Film Festival, Battersea Power Station, London, 20th October 2007
’08 08 07: Roxy Presents… RCA Grads Animation’, Roxy Bar and Screen, London, 8th August 2007
Novas Imagens Urbanas, Lisbon, Portugal. Curator: Marko Stamenkovic, 8th – 10th March 2007

2006

Portobello Film Festival 1st London Filmmakers’ Convention, Westbourne Studios, London, 8th December 2006 at 6pm
Les Instants Video festival, Marseilles, France, 25th November 2006 at 2pm
Hull International Short Film Festival 27th September to 1st October 2006
Portobello Film Festival, Inn On The Green, Portobello, London, 9th August 2006
City of Westminster Arts Council Completion Fund screening at the Curzon Soho Cinema, London, 28th February 2006
Halloween Short Film Festival in the London Lives programme at the Curzon Soho, 6th January 2006

2005

International Scientific Film Festival, Tisza Mozi, Hungary, 8th-13th Nov 2005
In the ‘Belgrade In The Past And Present’ exhibition at prodajna galerija ‘Beograd’, Serbia & Montenegro. Curator: Marko Stamenkovic From 22nd September 2005
Raindance Film Festival, London, in the ‘Paradise Lounge’ programme, 12th October 2005
16th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (world festival premiere) in the International 4 programme, 31st August & 2nd September 2005
‘Take 291′, London’s weekly showcase for experimental, underground and avant-garde artists’ film at the 291 Gallery, Hackney Road, London, 14th July 2005
At the Short Film Summer School Funded Shorts’ programme at the Curzon Soho, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 6th July 2005
Press launch for the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho, 16th June 2005
City of Westminster Arts Council Completion Fund screening at the Curzon Soho Cinema, London, 1st March 2005

Split Screen

(2005-2008, 3’00”, 35mm and DV PAL, B&W and colour)

A film composed of entirely of shots, outtakes and behind the scenes material from my 2005 film “The Time Travellers Of 1908.” Each scene is shown from at least two different angles simultaneously and generally shot on hand-cranked 35mm cameras. The film was shown at the Black & White Film Festival, Porto, Portugal in April 2009.