THE COMMITTAL

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A short film meditation on a young woman’s thought process as she contemplates suicide. Inspired by Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone it imagines a missing scene that we only hear about after the events have already occurred in the original.

 

Having been walled up alive in an underground tomb, Antigone asks herself was it her traumatic past or fate that lead her to this lonely death? In the end, when there’s no way out, she wonders is suicide merely a mad and desperate act or is it the only way she can become the master of her own destiny?

Cast and Crew

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Written & Directed by Tom Lock Griffiths

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Produced by Franziska Lindner

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Antigone Alice Handoll 

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Cinematography Alfred Thirolle

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1st Camera Assistant Ewan Sadler

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Gaffer Sam Donvito

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Additional footage Adrian Cousins

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Production Sound Mixer Chase Coley

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Editor Vera Simmonds

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Composers Matthew Kelly & Russell John 

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Sound Design Peter Warnock & Maiken Hansen

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Re-recording Mixer Raoul Brand 

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Colourist Ella Soryl

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Shot on 16mm and Super 8mm film, processed by Andec and by hand (Adrian Cousins) - post-production facilities provided by Azimuth Post

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Aspect Ratio 16:9  - runtime 8:50