Ache

A mysterious figure makes an unwanted visit. Directed by Felicity Aspden Produced by Slow Thriller Starring Harvey Dormer Colour by Benjamin Rozario So excited to finally share Ache. At the risk of looking like I take myself more seriously than I do, I’m going to include a filmmaker’s statement I wrote for a submission instead of coming up with something cooler to say: I had the urge to start making very short films because I'd often get ideas which were like glimpses of moments; fragments of life that would stir something inside of me: brief flashes of unfamiliar longing, of tenderness, of hurt. There was no beginning or end, just this one solitary moment with such an intense atmosphere that it almost felt wrong to try and wrangle some kind of story into it. With Ache, I didn’t know this character's motivation, his name or what he looked like. But these specifics felt unimportant. The only thing that mattered was capturing this one moment that was so clear in my mind. I didn’t know who he was, but I could feel the emotion radiating from him. I couldn’t see his face, but I could hear the rhythm of his breathing. Mystery is incredibly important to me. Something doesn't draw my attention unless a large part of it remains tucked away. I don't know if this makes sense, but I wanted to preserve this (really difficult to describe) feeling in Ache.