Tapes From The Revolutionary


Tapes From The Revolutionary


Dir. Scott Willis [2014]

What is it like to see the world through someone else’s eyes?

Filmmaker, Scott Willis discovers Andy, a self-proclaimed communist revolutionary that documents his life on a Hi-8 camcorder. Aiming to understand the purpose behind the tapes Willis picks up his camera, however Andy has his own agenda for the project.

Tapes from The Revolutionary is a humorous unconventional documentary that turns the lens on itself an examines the filmmaking process.

The film is directed by Scott Willis.
Musical composition by Josh Sabin and sound design by Ali Murray.

NPO Doc | Scott Willis Interview

The Skinny Magazine | Scott Willis Interview

 

B R O A D C A S T E D on NPO DOC.
Broadcasted on Dutch National Television, In Association with Breaking Ground. November, 2015.

F E A TU R E D on Doc Alliance Films.

W I N N E R – IdeasTap Graduate Award : Short Film 2015, in association with BAFTA.

W I N N E R – DOCfeed: Best International Short Documentary Film Award, 2016.

W I N N E R – Hammerbrook Film Festival 2015 Grand Prix.

W I N N E R – Silveron International Film Festival ‘Best Documentary’ 2016.

W I N N E R – Audience Award at Edinburgh College of Art 2014 Graduate Filmhouse screening.

A W A R D E D – Helen A. Rose Bequest, for Distinguished final year work by University Of Edinburgh. June 2014.

S H O R T L I S T E D – CHANNEL 4 Award for Innovation in Storytelling.

S H O R T L I S T E D – THE SKINNY Short Film Competition 2015.

S H O R T L I S T E D – Ickle Film Festival Judges Award 2015.

S H O R T L I S T E D – ‘Best Of The Fest’ Greenhorn Short Film Festival Award 2015.

 

S C R E E N E D at;

Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK, 2015.

Speakeasy Cinema Screenings, Melbourne, Australia, 2015.

The Skinny Film Competition Showcase, Edinburgh, UK, 2015.

Edinburgh Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.

Here + Now Film Showcase, Edinburgh, UK, 2015.

Ickle Film Festival, Dundee, UK, 2015.

Festival Filmes Sobre Arte Portugal, Portugal, 2015. [OPENING FILM]

Inverness Film Festival, Inverness, UK, 2015.

Greenhorn Short Film Festival, London, UK, 2015.

Exploding Cinema, London, UK, 2015.

Hammerbrook Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany, 2015.

British Shorts, Lichtspieklub Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2016.

DOCfeed Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2016.

Pop-Up Brighton, Brighton, UK, 2016.

Gather Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2016.

Kutler’s Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016.

Syn Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2016.

Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, 2016.

Speechless Film Festival, Minnesota, USA, 2016.

The Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema, Bulgaria, 2016.

Pop-Up Cinema, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2016.

Leiden International short Film Experience, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2016.

No Gloss Film Festival, Leeds, UK, 2016.

Sheffield Fringe, Sheffield, UK, 2016.

Silveron International Film Festival‏, Toronto, Canada, 2016.

TrueDoc Documentary Festival, 2016.

Wolves Independent International Film Festival, Utena, Lithuania, 2016.

Short Circuit Shorts, Brighton, UK, 2016.

Made in 2014.