Joseph’s recent BFI NETWORK gothic horror short ‘The Leerie’, starring Ian Pirie (‘Calibre’, ‘The Dark Knight’), has recently embarked on a successful BAFTA-qualifying festival run, opening with screenings at Cambridge Film Festival, Flatpak Film Festival, London Short Film Festival and Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. Having graduated with a BA in Film Practice at the University of the Arts London with 1st Class Hons. Joseph strives to create visceral and dreamlike experiences within his work, with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and working-class stories. His films are frequently described as ‘surreal’ and ‘dark’, with ‘elements of black comedy’.
Projects
- The LeerieIn 1899, a Scottish lamplighter facing redundancy is haunted by nightmarish visions of an electric future. When an officious man from the newly-formed Electricity Board shows up at the Leerie's door, his working days are numbered. As his lodgings become infested with rodents, and his night-time shifts are disturbed by an unearthly spectre, he must reconcile with the future or have his light extinguished forever.
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