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Hometown Runaway No More: A short silent musical odyssey

A silent film odyssey played out in three acts following two strangers as their lives both hit a downward spiral, throwing them to the underbelly of society. 

Written and Directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo

Starring Kyle Turlunch, Farrah Drabu and Kevin Shen

Original music by Fore

Alice's Requiem

A young woman learns she is dying from an unnamed illness. She throws a leaving party for her friends before leaving her home and going into isolation before her time comes, while trying to come to terms with her fate.

Part of the Alice Anthology series of films, which includes Alice 3, and other short films

Starring Emily Lucienne and Silvana Maimone

Shot on 16mm film, non-synch sound

BARBARA - A short horror film

A short film in memory of the late great George Romero. A spiritual filler story that slots in between Nigh of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead.

Starring Gabby Wong, Ellen O’Connor, and Rebecca Probyn

The Hades Pit - Lazarus : Teaser

Teaser for the sci-fi short film, Lazarus. 

Starring Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt. With Stephanie Sheh and Brina Palencia. 

Close Up: A visual poem

A man and a woman reflect on the state of their relationship as they ponder a possible reunion, for better or worse

Starring Christina Cole and Peter Cadwell

Story by T.S. Ukpo, adapted from a poem by Peter Cadwell

Shot on 16mm film, non-synch sound, over 2 days

The Outsider: A Looper's Story

As featured on the official Looper Tumblr page by director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars the Last Jedi).

Review from Influx Magazine

Anna is a Looper, and she has a plan to survive closing her Loop.

Set in the universe of the Rian Johnson film Looper.

Starring Haruka Abe

Music from the Looper original motion picture score, by Nathan Johnson.

Shot in an afternoon and cut over a few days

 
 

Alice In The City - Prologue

An experimental film released in chapters.

A woman, Alice, receives some terrible news. She spends the months and years that follow, trying to come to terms with the event.

Starring Vera Chok, Adrian Gillot

"Night on the Docks - Sax" by Kevin MacLeod 
(incompetech.com)

Shot in an afternoon in the city.

About Claire

Featured on Screen AnarchyDirector's notes, Horror bug and more.

Two women, Abigail and Becca, meet in a diner to discuss a pressing situation about a horrific secret that is getting beyond their control.

A short tale of surreal mystery, starring Emily Lucienne.

Shot in 1 night over a few hours

 

 

Beta

Cecilia is a games developer, preparing a new game for public Beta. But where does the game end, and Reality begin?

Shot over a few hours on location in London

Starring Lucy Bruegger
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Originally Part of the 3rd Person project anthology short film

There's Something In The Woods

Fiona Harris is looking for her friend, who disappeared several months before while investigating a Cult. What she finds, is more terrifying than she could have ever imagined.

Starring Emily Lucienne and Tino Orsini
Cinematography by Maria Bloom
Written and Directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo

Shot in 1 day

The Shot

An intelligence analyst running an investigation into the assassination of a government official by an unknown assassin who uses unconventional methods, discovers that the killer is just as complex as the case itself.
An experiment in Cliff Hanger narrative within a wider spy-fi universe.

Starring Lucy Bruegger, Damien McEvoy, Tara Platt, and Daniel Francis

Shot over 2 Days

No Smoking in the waiting area

Returning home after a peculiar Elvis sighting, A Young woman named Alice stumbles into Limbo and finds herself in a waiting room amongst long dead celebrities, including the 'Real first man to walk on the moon'.

Starring: Gerardine Coyne, Maria Hodson, Damien McEvoy, Silvana Maimone and Rupert Waring

Music by: So many Wizards ("My friends are nice") and Slow Walk ("The hand that feeds")

Untitled 6 - A short film

A brief exploration of the life of a woman, as we follow her through three different periods in her life. We watch as she distances herself, severing her closest relationships, and the attempt years later to recapture what she lost.

Starring Naty Bienvenu, Frederique Gessiaume, and Damien Gajda

Hometown Runaway No More: A short silent musical odyssey

A silent film odyssey played out in three acts following two strangers as their lives both hit a downward spiral, throwing them to the underbelly of society. 

Written and Directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo

Starring Kyle Turlunch, Farrah Drabu and Kevin Shen

Original music by Fore

Alice's Requiem

A young woman learns she is dying from an unnamed illness. She throws a leaving party for her friends before leaving her home and going into isolation before her time comes, while trying to come to terms with her fate.

Part of the Alice Anthology series of films, which includes Alice 3, and other short films

Starring Emily Lucienne and Silvana Maimone

Shot on 16mm film, non-synch sound

BARBARA - A short horror film

A short film in memory of the late great George Romero. A spiritual filler story that slots in between Nigh of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead.

Starring Gabby Wong, Ellen O’Connor, and Rebecca Probyn

The Hades Pit - Lazarus : Teaser

Teaser for the sci-fi short film, Lazarus. 

Starring Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt. With Stephanie Sheh and Brina Palencia. 

Close Up: A visual poem

A man and a woman reflect on the state of their relationship as they ponder a possible reunion, for better or worse

Starring Christina Cole and Peter Cadwell

Story by T.S. Ukpo, adapted from a poem by Peter Cadwell

Shot on 16mm film, non-synch sound, over 2 days

The Outsider: A Looper's Story

As featured on the official Looper Tumblr page by director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars the Last Jedi).

Review from Influx Magazine

Anna is a Looper, and she has a plan to survive closing her Loop.

Set in the universe of the Rian Johnson film Looper.

Starring Haruka Abe

Music from the Looper original motion picture score, by Nathan Johnson.

Shot in an afternoon and cut over a few days

 
 

Alice In The City - Prologue

An experimental film released in chapters.

A woman, Alice, receives some terrible news. She spends the months and years that follow, trying to come to terms with the event.

Starring Vera Chok, Adrian Gillot

"Night on the Docks - Sax" by Kevin MacLeod 
(incompetech.com)

Shot in an afternoon in the city.

About Claire

Featured on Screen AnarchyDirector's notes, Horror bug and more.

Two women, Abigail and Becca, meet in a diner to discuss a pressing situation about a horrific secret that is getting beyond their control.

A short tale of surreal mystery, starring Emily Lucienne.

Shot in 1 night over a few hours

 

 

Beta

Cecilia is a games developer, preparing a new game for public Beta. But where does the game end, and Reality begin?

Shot over a few hours on location in London

Starring Lucy Bruegger
__________________________________________________________

Originally Part of the 3rd Person project anthology short film

There's Something In The Woods

Fiona Harris is looking for her friend, who disappeared several months before while investigating a Cult. What she finds, is more terrifying than she could have ever imagined.

Starring Emily Lucienne and Tino Orsini
Cinematography by Maria Bloom
Written and Directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo

Shot in 1 day

The Shot

An intelligence analyst running an investigation into the assassination of a government official by an unknown assassin who uses unconventional methods, discovers that the killer is just as complex as the case itself.
An experiment in Cliff Hanger narrative within a wider spy-fi universe.

Starring Lucy Bruegger, Damien McEvoy, Tara Platt, and Daniel Francis

Shot over 2 Days

No Smoking in the waiting area

Returning home after a peculiar Elvis sighting, A Young woman named Alice stumbles into Limbo and finds herself in a waiting room amongst long dead celebrities, including the 'Real first man to walk on the moon'.

Starring: Gerardine Coyne, Maria Hodson, Damien McEvoy, Silvana Maimone and Rupert Waring

Music by: So many Wizards ("My friends are nice") and Slow Walk ("The hand that feeds")

Untitled 6 - A short film

A brief exploration of the life of a woman, as we follow her through three different periods in her life. We watch as she distances herself, severing her closest relationships, and the attempt years later to recapture what she lost.

Starring Naty Bienvenu, Frederique Gessiaume, and Damien Gajda

Hometown Runaway No More: A short silent musical odyssey
Alice's Requiem
BARBARA - A short horror film
The Hades Pit - Lazarus : Teaser
Close Up: A visual poem
The Outsider: A Looper's Story
Alice In The City - Prologue
About Claire
Beta
There's Something In The Woods
The Shot
No Smoking in the waiting area
Untitled 6 - A short film