Nightwalking

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Nightwalking
Directed byDaniel Cormack
Written byBen Clover
Produced byDaniel Cormack
Starring Raquel Cassidy
Lloyd Woolf
CinematographySam Osborne
Edited byIan Grech
Music byAndy Simms
Production
company
Actaeon Films
Distributed byNetwork Ireland Television
Release date
  • 15 February 2008 (2008-02-15)(X'08 International Disability Film Festival)
Running time
3 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Nightwalking (also known as Night Walking) is a 2008 British comedy horror short film directed by Daniel Cormack, starring Raquel Cassidy and Lloyd Woolf.

Contents

In 2010, Nightwalking was selected for preservation by the British Film Institute's National Archive [1] and was archived by the British Universities Film and Video Council as part of their Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT). [2] In 2012, the film was acquired by the British Library's Moving Image Collection. [3] [4]

Plot

Returning from a night out, Martha (Raquel Cassidy) hears footsteps behind her and becomes convinced she's being followed as she walks down a dark path on her way home. She ponders various strategies such as pretending to do up her shoes in order to let her follower overtake her or simply running away, but dismisses each idea as endangering her even more. Eventually she screws up her courage to turn around and confront the man behind her, but when she does so she sees nothing except a mobile phone glowing on the ground as it calls somebody. James (Lloyd Woolf), her follower, has actually been going out of his way to avoid the impression he is following her or is a threat, but every time he does so it somehow backfires. He tries speeding up to overtake her, but this only makes Martha walk faster. He ponders taking a different route, but there are no turnings off the path they are walking down. Eventually he decides to make a "loud non-threatening phone call" to his mum, reasoning that: "I bet rapists never call their mums." However, as he is distracted with finding her number in his phone, he fails to notice a manhole in the ground and falls head over heels into it, his phone flying to the ground near Martha's feet.

Release

Nightwalking was originally released online as part of the inaugural Virgin Media Shorts Competition in 2008. [5] It quickly became the most viewed film attracting over 12,300 views [6] and hundreds of comments. [5] The judges initially shortlisted the film for the Grand Prize. However, when the film came to be classified by the British Board of Film Classification it was given a 12a certificate, [7] thus disqualifying it from the competition, which required that the 12 shortlisted films were certified as a PG or U.

Festivals

EditionFestivalProgramme TitleVenueDateTimeCountry Première Status
8thX'08 International Disability Film FestivalDirector's Showcase: Daniel Cormack BFI Southbank,
Studio		15 February 200815:50 UK World [8] [9] [10]
2nd Shooting People Split Focus at the BFI Split Focus: Daniel Cormack / Kara Miller BFI Southbank,
Studio		10 March 200818:00 UK [11]
1stWimbledon Shorts Film FestivalWimbledon Shorts Film Competition Polka Theatre, Main Theatre7 June 200818:30 UK [12]
7thShot by the Sea:
Hastings Film Festival		Festival Launch
Prior to Persepolis
Prior to Persepolis 		Electric Palace Cinema 25 August 200828 August 200829 August 200820:00
20:00
20:00		 UK [13] [14]
2ndCanary Wharf Film FestivalShort Film UK Museum in Docklands
East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf
Cineworld West India Quay, Screen 7
Cineworld West India Quay, Screen 7		28 August 200829 August 200830 August 200831 August 200814:45
20:15
14:40
18:25		 UK [15] [16] [17]
7th Cornwall Film Festival Another Country International Short Film AwardDewhelens Festival, Looe
Lewannick Village Hall
Wesleyan Chapel St Mary's Isles of Scilly
The Aggie Film Club
Wooda Farm, Carckington Haven
Downderry Film Kitchen
Tate St Ives
Bude Castle
Princess Pavilion, Theatre, Falmouth
2 September 20085 September 20087 September 200823 September 200825 September 200826 September 200826 September 200814 October 20088 November 200819:00
19:30
14:00
19:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
19:30
13:00		 UK [18]
13th Portobello Film Festival London Filmmakers Convention - Day 2Paradise Bar,
Private Dining Room		3 September 200818:00 UK [19]
3rdCompass of Mystery FestivalFive Minutes of MysteryMivart Street Studios
Studio 1		4 October 200816:00 UK [20]
1stHello Digital Film FestivalPrior to the feature presentation of 28 Days Later Electric Cinema, Birmingham 28 September 200817:00 UK [21] [22]
9thFilmstock International Film FestivalShort Film Weekend 02 The Hat Factory, Screen One
The Hat Factory, Basement		7 November 20088 November 200821:00
10:10		 UK [23]
12thCAN Leicester Film FestivalDay 2 Phoenix Arts Centre
Cinema		8 November 200919:00 UK [24]
6th The End of the Pier International Film Festival Comedy Drama ShortsRegis Centre,
Alexandra Theatre 		1 May 200918:00 UK [25]
9th Nickel Independent Film Festival Shorts Memorial University of Newfoundland,
INCO Innovation Centre 		26 June 200919:30 Canada Canadian [26]
3rdLimelight Film & Arts AwardsBest Comedy category Troxy,
Main Auditorium		8 July 201018:30 UK [27]
4th Rob Knox Film FestivalFestival New Generation Church
Erith Rowing Club
Cineworld Bexleyheath 		31 May 20115 June 20118 June 201119:00
10:00
18:00		 UK [28]
2nd Twickenham Alive Film FestivalFestivalLive Room, Twickenham Stadium
Edmund Kean Theatre, Richmond Upon Thames College 		26 April 20131 May 201319:00
16:00		 UK [29] [30]

Broadcast

In 2010, Nightwalking was broadcast on Channel 4 as part of "a series of short original films produced by a variety of talented writers and directors"; [31] the first time in over 8 years that Channel 4 had acquired and broadcast independent short films. [32]

Reception

Accolades

Nightwalking has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from IMDb's top 1,000 voters. [33]

RankAwardAwarding BodyNomineeYear
WinnerBest Merton Filmmaker AwardWimbledon Shorts Film CompetitionDaniel Cormack2008 [12]
NominatedShort Film UK AwardCanary Wharf Film FestivalDaniel Cormack2008 [15]
NominatedAnother Country International Short Film Award Cornwall Film Festival Daniel Cormack2008 [18]
NominatedFive Minutes of Mystery - Best Film AwardCompass of Mystery Film FestivalDaniel Cormack2008 [34]
NominatedGolden Monkey AwardCAN Leicester Film FestivalDaniel Cormack2008 [24]
NominatedBest Comedy AwardLimelight Film & Arts AwardsDaniel Cormack2010 [27]
Special MentionNational Drama AwardTwickenham Alive Film FestivalDaniel Cormack2013
Shortlisted (Disqualified)Virgin Media Shorts Award Virgin Media Daniel Cormack2008 [2]

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