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A normally sedate suburban park becomes the playground of five otherwise-ordinary members of the public hell-bent on getting in touch with their primal instincts. Butt-sniffing action.
"My inspiration for this film was the 15 minute walk I take across my local park each morning. Usually there are a few people walking their dogs and I noticed how they often used their dogs as a method of conversation.
Often people (strangers) who would be too reserved to strike up conversation with each other found common ground in discussing their dogs. I began thinking how different life might be if we broke through the wall of inhibition that surrounds us and behaved instinctively, as dogs do.
I've always enjoyed the films of mike Leigh and in particular his fondness for taking ordinary people and placing them in extraordinary situations.
The film is also about finding a soulmate. I hope it's an optimistic film; that if we search hard enough there's someone out there for each of us."
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Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil 2006
St Petersburg Short Film Festival, Russia 2006
Vilnius Indi Film Festival 2006
Tabor film festival, Croatia 2006
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France 2006
Brest short film festival, France
Festival Court Metrange, France 2006
International short film festival, Belgium 2006
Reading and Leeds music festivals 2005
Tres Courts, France 2005
BBC New-Filmmakers Award, Brief Encounters Short Film Festival, UK 2005
Raindance Festival 2005
New Producers Alliance, Film of the month, London 2005
Karlovy Vary Festival, Czech Republic 2005
Anatolya Festival, Turkey 2005
© 2005 Andy Pearson
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