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