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RICHARD PHILPOTTFILMS 2021 - 2023 (shorts)
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ARTWORKS 1973 -1992 |
the UP series |
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| Waking UP (aka Waking Moment) (UK 2021, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
Waking, Rising, Opening, |
"A wise way to waste five minutes" - Satori Ubu |
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| Walking UP (aka 'e sat or 'e dizn't (UK 2021, 4k digital, 10 minutes) |
Sitting, Walking, Breathing, |
"Ten minutes well-wasted" - Ubu Satori |
Festival de Marbella (Official Selection: Best Director, Best Cinematography )Festival de Marbella (Official Selection: Experimental)Amsterdam Short Film Festival (Official Selection: Best Experimental )Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival (Official Selection: Experimental Short Film )Dubai Festival (Honorable Mention, Best Experimental Short Film)
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| Flowing UP (aka Flowing Mountains (UK 2021, 4k digital, 4 minutes) |
A colourful wake-up slap on the face |
"About right" - Myogo Honi Amida |
Amsterdam Short Film Festival (Official Selection: Best Experimental)Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival (Best Director: Experimental Short Film) |
| Sensing UP (aka Tasting Sounds all Look the same Smell) (UK 2022, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
To think a flower is to see it and smell it |
"Messes with your senses" - Fernando Pessoa |
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| Lighting UP (UK 2021, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
The secret life of inanimate objects |
"Illuminating" - Euclid Cone "On reflection, it’s definitely my plaice" - Mickey |
Amsterdam Short Film FestivalBuenos Aires Indie Shorts Awards ( Finalist: Short Film (Experimental )Dubai Festival (Award Winner, Best Short Film Under 5min)SCA LOS ANGELES // INTERNATIONAL AWARDS: Finalist: Classic Short FilmBUENOS AIRES INDIE SHORTS AWARDS: Finalist: Short Film (Experimental) |
| Tuning UP (UK 2022, 4k digital, 2 minutes) |
Sound becomes picture |
"Sounds suspicious" - Middle C "A sequel to 'Lighting Up' (5 minutes), this is mercifully shorter, yet equally useless, mindless, pointless and senseless" - Resounding Fork |
ABSURD FILM FESTIVAL: Honorable Mention: BEST Stanley Kubrick |
| Speak UP (UK 2022, 4k digital, 4 minutes) |
In the home of democracy, on the eve of invasion, saints wander the square, all beings count equally, flying free as birds, a fountain applauds and an orange performs a miracle. |
"Not guerrilla war reporting” - Kate Adie, BBC, Ukraine |
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| Going UP (UK 2022, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
A crippling traverse through an airport results in a transcendental elevation |
"Left me in the clouds" - Anatta "It's no alternative to using your own legs" - M. Crutch "Another senseless addition to the series of UP films" - A Grouch |
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| Time UP (UK 2022, 4k digital, 4 minutes) |
Sun and shade invoke one another, |
"Left me hungry for hours” "A shade too short” |
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Mount UP ("Straight No Chaser" |
Bikers and cicadas jazz-up Mont Sainte-Victoire until a spider brings everything down to earth. Straight up. |
"As simple as A B C: Aix Be-bop Cezanne" - Chi Cada "An obscenity perpetrated by a halfwit" - Optico Basoreli |
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| Clearing UP (UK 2022, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
Weather, waste, removals and fanfares clear the way to a bright future... |
"It starts out damp but soon warms up” "More tree felling than story telling” |
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Meeting UP |
Meetings are essential to the self and society -animal and human. |
“I had to leave for a meeting” - Incarnation Times |
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| Looka UP (UK 2023, 4k digital, 5 minutes) |
A timeless traverse, an ancient ambulation, |
"Had me going round in circles”
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