LONDONERS (11m50s) - A vintage film about modern day London.

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A vintage film about modern day London. Shot entirely on a 100 year old wooden hand-cranked 35mm camera, LONDONERS documents modern day London as you have never seen before. Part of the permanent collection of the BFI National Archive. (Director: Joseph Ernst)

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In an era obsessed with digital technology and an increasingly camera-skeptic public, Londoners is an attempt to recreate this spectacle using the same technology and filming techniques. It was filmed entirely on a 100 year old wooden hand-cranked 35mm camera, and documents thousands of people happily interacting directly with the camera, almost exactly as they did 100 years ago when film was first used to document the city. This film is proof that despite a century of progress, the city's inhabitants of today are not that different to those that precede them. In fact, once you watch LONDONERS you realise that very little has changed.

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A Channel 4 co-production, and part of the permanent collection of the BFI National Archive.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION: London Short Film Festival 2014 / Chicago Film Critics Festival 2014 / Pluk de Nacht Amsterdam 2014 / Camerimage 2013 / Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2013 / San Francisco Documentary Film Festival 2013 / Cinema Jam 2013 / Huesca International Film Festival 2013 / Fest - International Film Festival 2013 / Athens International Film+Video Festival 2013 / Nashville Film Festival 2013 / Mecal BCN 2013 / Atlanta Film Festival 2013 / Nisi Masa Generator 2013 / Cucalorus Film Festival 2012 / Tacoma Film Festival 2012 / Encounters Film Festival 2012 / Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival 2012

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PRESS: Wired Magazine / Amelia's Magazine / Little Black Book / British Film Institute / Nisi Masa / Adformatie / Kino London / Silent London / Trailer Addict / Directors Notes / Film School Rejects / Cinema Jam Sessions / Aesthetica Magazine / British Film Council / Little White Lies

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CREDITS: Producer: Gwilym Gwillim / Director: Joseph Ernst / DOP: Oliver Schofield / Editor: Adam Marshall @ Whitehouse Post / Camera: Candida Richardson + Joseph Ernst / Telecine: Vik Parker @ Prime Focus / Sound: Ed Downham @ Wave Studios / Music: Bat for Lashes (Natasha Kahn) / Title Design: Sean Freeman / Post Production: Marcus Dryden + Richard Greenwood / Locations: Algy Sloan / Camera Supply: David French @ Photographic Hire Ltd / Film: Kodak / Processing: DeLuxe

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“A purely cinematic method that borders on the profound”

— Tim Hayes, Little White Lies