With selections for multiple film festivals including BAFTA-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival and BIFA-qualifying Barnes Film Festival, the no-budget short film Dear Fear follows the life of my younger brother. In the Summer of 2020 I decided to make a film about my then 13-year-old brother. In the midst of the first lockdown, he was feeling down and I wanted to find a way to help. I gave him a task: each week he’d write down one fear always followed by two hopes. We took his photo once a week for a year and he filmed his life on an old tape camera. As is often the way with documentaries, I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to end but thanks to an incredible team of friends, we made something I’m really really proud of. Not only did I leave this project with a film, but a new found friendship with my little brother.
“DEAR FEAR”
DIRECTOR
EDIT & ANIMATION
STORY EDIT
SOUND DESIGN & MIX
GRADE
ORIGINAL MUSIC
TAPE PROCESSING
Edie Amos
Nic Ferguson-Lee
George Pritchard
JJ Mitchell
Nigel Tadyanehondo
Matthew Amos & Wyatt Amos
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