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This Tree is Hostile (2022)
Role - Director

To overcome his post COVID anxiety, Hugh searches London for human connection and finds some unexpected friends

A short film that follows a personal journey to find connection in a modern city, meeting various characters that all inhabit loneliness in their own unique way.

This was my graduation film at the National Film and Television School. 

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Festivals:

WINNER: Best Documentary Student Royal

Television Society Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION:

Hollyshorts 2023

DOC NYC 2022
London Short Film Festival 2022
Norwich Film Festival 2022
Bolton Film Festival 2022
The Smalls Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022

Runtime - 16minutes

PRINCIPAL CREW

Director - Hugh Clegg

Producer - Jean de Wilde d'Estmael

DOP - Wouter Verheul

Camera Assistant - Otto Hussain 

Editor - Jón Atli Guðjónsson

Composer - Aaron King

Sound Design - Oliver Mapp

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