Business Is Brutal
Channel 4 random acts short film
Performed by
Chichiro Kawasaki, Sam Coren + Phoenix dance
Directed and Choreographed by Jack Thomson
Set and Costume design
Giulia Scrimieri
Cinematography
Michele Cadei
Awards
Inshadow Film Festival (2018) – Official Jury : Best Interpretation
New Renaissance Film Festival (2018) – Official Jury : Best Art/Artist Led film
SHOWstudio Fashion film awards, in partnership with Harrods (2019) – Official Jury : Highly commended
Screenings
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol
ICA, London
Birkenhead International Film Festival, Birkenhead
February 2020
TCI Highlights, Thessaloniki
November 2019
Holden Gallery (Manchester Art School), Manchester
October 2019
SHOWstudio’s Fashion Film Awards, in partnership with Harrods, London
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival , Thessaloniki
July 2019
Flux Dance Screenings, Oxford
May 2019
Dance Film Festival Prague, Prague
April 2019
[C] Screen Festival (selection from last year), Madrid
March 2019
Non Dual X QDQ, London
February 2019
Video – 0, São Paulo
eyr, Tehran
January 2019
Rollout Macao, Macao
Athens Video Dance Project, Athens
SWITCH short film festival , Rotterdam
Big Screen Leeds , Leeds
December 2018.
Lisbon Screendance Festival , Lisbon (Jack will Lead a workshop on the 28th)
Drama Teatro, Modena
November 2018
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds (Jack will attend the Q&A, after the screening)
Movement is Motion, Mexico City
Dance Lab Nicosia, Cyprus
Sahelanthropus v.01 Exhibition, Middlesbrough
Lisbon Screendance Festival , Lisbon
October 2018
TDP’18 international dance festival’s, Tipperary
Movement in Motion , Mexico City
September 2018
BIDFF – Bucharest International Dance Film Festival, Bucharest (Jack will attend the Q&A, after the screening)
The Video Art Club – Leyden Gallery, London
Thessaloniki Cinedance International Festival, Thessaloniki
August 2018
Social World Film Festival, Napoli
RIFF FESTIVAL NORWAY, Eina
New Renaissance Film Festival, London
June 2018
Cardiff Mini film Festival, Cardiff
May 2018
Sunderland Shorts Festival, Sunderland
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Bogotá
April 2018
Speechless Film Festival, Minnesota
ID Nights , Hereford
[C] Screen Festival, Barcelona
March 2018
Lexi Cinema, London (With Introduction by Jack)
Playback festival , London
Tiny Dance Film Festival, San Francisco
The International Film Awards, Newcastle
December 2017
South Hill Park Cinema, Berkshire
November 2017
No 6 Cinema, Portsmouth
October 2017
The Odyssey, St Albans
Palmer Building, Reading
September 2017
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Lighthouse, Poole
August 2017
HOME, Manchester
July 2017
INDIS festival, Leeds
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle