Film of the Fortnight: "Taking Stock"
PurCulture are happy to once again present an entry in a series of short films that will be showcased on the site, further displaying our desire to help bring attention to talented artists and their superb work.
Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head as an out of work, self-employed freelancer.
Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head as an out of work, self-employed freelancer.
Commissioned by Channel 4 for Random Acts Series 4
Subtitles Available: English (Click CC)
AWARDS
Winner - Royal Television Society Scotland Award 2018
Winner - Audience Award, Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2018
Winner - Frēsh18 Carbon Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION
02/2018 – Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (USA)
03/2018 - Glasgow Short Film Festival (UK)
04/2018 - Dresden International Short Film Festival (Germany)
04/2018 - Flatpack Film Festival (UK)
04/2018 - Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine)
04/2018 - Cellu l'art Short Film Festival (Germany)
05/2018 - Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium)
06/2018 - VIS Vienna Shorts Festival (Austria)
06/2018 - 'A Wall is a Screen' @ 34th Hamburg Short Film Festival (Germany)
06/2018 - XPONorth (UK)
06/2018 - Shortest Nights, Short Sighted Cinema (UK)
09/2018 - Roma Creative Contest (Italy)
09/2018 - Encounters Short Film Festival (UK)
10/2018 - BFI London Film Festival (UK)
10/2018 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden)
10/2018 - DokumentART European Film Festival (Germany)
10/2018 - Szczecin European Film Festival (Poland)
11/2018 - Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK)
01/2019 - London Short Film Festival (UK)
PRESS
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/festivals/encounters-short-film-animation-2018-preview-10-best-watch
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/meet-duncan-cowles-nick-broomfield-without-the-ego
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/duncan-cowles-taking-stock-random-acts-film-041217
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/01/08/taking-stock
http://directorsnotes.com/2018/01/18/duncan-cowles-taking-stock
https://tv.booooooom.com/2018/01/15/taking-stock-duncan-cowles
http://blog.goshort.nl/taking-stock-duncan-cowles
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/news/best-month-february-2018/
SPIN-OFF FILM MADE FOR TED TALKS
https://vimeo.com/264943619
WEBSITE
http://duncancowles.com/taking-stock
CONTACT
help@duncancowles.com
