Working to Beat the Devil

Year2014 Duration27 min. DirectorChu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch PhotographyChu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch EditorChu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch SoundChu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch CastGuy Shewring Production Chu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch

 

Festivals:

2014 IFF Rotterdam / 2014 Indielisboa / 2014 Dokufest Kosovo / 2014 Festival Du Nouveau Cinema Montréal / 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival / 2014 Hamburg Shortfilm Fest / 2014 European Media Arts Festival / 2014 Glasgow Film Festival / 2014 International Frauen Film Festival, Dortmund-Köln

Spanish premiere

A scientist experiments with imaginary, microscopic, fantasy lives in his remote laboratory and the world he sees comes to life searching for him and fleeing from him. Like in Painlevé’s films, science here is a synonym of fiction. The camera appears to be directly connected to the inventor’s brain and the microscope is attached to his eye.  What we see is not far from an experiment in which we also form an inevitable part. The spectator is a creature created by the film itself.  

Filmography:

Chu-Li Shewring as director:

  • Mantis Tales (2005)

Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch:

  • Tyger, tyger (2014 - from The Darkness Collection, coordinated by Oskar Alegría)
  • Hoof, Tooth & Claw (2011)
  • Semangat (2010/ 2014)

CONTACT DETAILS

CHU-LI SHEWRING Y ADAM GUTCH
Hobbiton
Weston Road
Totland Bay
Isle of Wight
PO39 0HA
tel. +44(0)1983 755 652

Chu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch

CHU-LI SHEWRING Y ADAM GUTCH 

Chu-Li and Adam have been collaborating since completing their studies at the National Film and Television School, UK, in 2007. Often taking inspiration from uncanny aspects of the natural world, and the creatures and people who inhabit these environments, they like to combine both non-fictional and fictional approaches in their films. They live on the Isle of Wight.

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Promoted by
Gobierno de Navarra
Organized by
NICDO
With the aid of
Con la financiación del Gobierno de España. Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audiovisuales Acción Cultural Española Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia Financiado por la Unión Europea. NexGenerationEU
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