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the study of bunkers & mounds in a temperate climate (relatively speaking)

THE STUDY OF BUNKERS & MOUNDS IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE (RELATIVELY SPEAKING)

short film.  15'45" HDV, 2006
optimist creations

escaping from a big "domestic" with his wife, chris winds up somewhere in the highlands where he finds himself confronted with some perplexing architecture and the even more puzzling appearance of spencer: is he just a young local with a love of water and a sense for the absurd or, as he claims, an alien studying man-made and natural features in the area?

chris is further taken aback when spencer suggests that where he comes from they've been developing ways of connecting with each other more intense than anything he knows, and far more enjoyable too.  and certainly more relevant than sex.

as chris's unease grows, so does his curiosity..
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twenty-six takes on life without allen

TWENTY-SIX TAKES ON LIFE WITHOUT ALLEN

short film.  29'40" DVcam, 2004
optimist creations

when allen crashes his motorbike and is hospitalised in a coma, fiancee cathy and best mate danny start using danny's handycam as a diary, confessional and tool to deal with their loss, in the process building on a complex relationship that reveals surprises and leads to unexpected territory.

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soho, night 9x9

SOHO, NIGHT 9X9 

low budget feature.  approx 100 mins
optimist creations
in development

SOHO, NIGHT 9X9 tells the nine stories of nine characters who live, work and play in soho, at night.  

after a development phase involving two unrehearsed readings, this project will be sebastian's debut feature as a writer director.
 


















TOMMY TEMPLE'S IRRATIONAL FEAR OF FLYING 

Coming of Age Comedy Drama.  Approx 100 mins

Tommy Temple is likely to become sebastian's second feature film with optimist creations.  set mainly in the flight path of the world's busiest airport, it charts the growing pains of the eponymous anti-hero who combines on himself the complex qualities of being an ardent plane-spotter and also a card-carrying pteromerhanophobe...       






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