Astroturf
A meticulous gardener tends to his plastic paradise to the eerie sounds of deep space.
Short film
Directed by James Uren
Written and Produced by Nidhi Gupta
Starring Mark Simkins
Busy Doctor’s Social Links:
London Short Film Festival
2019, London
Winner Best Experimental Film
SCINEMA International Film Festival 2018
Astroturf was nominated for a Bafta Qualifying Film Festival.
Imagine Science Film Festival 2018, New York
Cambridge Film Festival October 2018
Southampton Film Festival 2018 (nominated in Best Micro Short Film category)
Shorts on Tap - London 2018
3rd Placed Winner at the 2017 SSFX Short Film Competition.
Screenings:
21/03/2018 Shorts on Tap, London, UK
21/04/2018 Space – Music & Film inspired by the cosmos, London
22/04/2018 East End Film Festival, Rio Cinema, London, UK
26/04/2018 Academia Film Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
25/05/2018 Escape Velocity 2018, Maryland, USA
31/05/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Adelaide, Australia
31/05/2018 Nightstar Cinema, Belair House, Dulwich, London
06/06/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia
07/06/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
13/06/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Canberra, Australia
14/06/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
21/06/2018 SCInema International Film Festival, Perth, Australia
21/06/2018 Nightstar Cinema, Belair House, Dulwich, London
04/07/2018 Five Miles, Tottenham, London
05/07/2018 South London Shorts, London
26/07/2018 Nightstar Cinema, Belair House, Dulwich, London
31/07/2018 Rooftop Film Club, Bussey Building, Peckham, London
30/08/2018 Nightstar Cinema, Belair House, Duwich, London
15/10/2018 11th Imagine Science Film Festival, New York
TBA October 2018 Cambridge Film Festival
TBA October 2018 Southampton International Film Festival
01/11/2018 South London Shorts, London, UK
TBA January 2019 London Short Film Festival