Who’s Afraid Of The Watersprite?
A dark and graceful look at the origin of fairy tales, set within the ancient Mountains of Slovenian Legend.
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‘Who’s afraid of the Water Sprite? is a ground breaking student film, proclaimed as ‘The best student film they have ever seen’ by the Royal Television Society and winner of 9 international awards. Screening at over 20 festivals world wide including the Warsaw, Kiev and Istanbul International Film Festivals.
‘THE BEST STUDENT FILM WE HAVE EVER SEEN’ Royal Television Society
‘THE MOST SOPHISTICATED AND TECHNICAL OUTSTANDING STUDENT FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN’ Franzi Florack Head of The International Student Film Organisation
‘COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY I SEE STUDENT FILMMAKING‘ iTunes Review- Taylor Lockheart-Lang
‘Who’s Afraid of the Water Sprite?’ is now being developed into a feature film entitled ‘The Rising’ with Emmy award winning producer of ‘The Boat that Rocked’ and former chair of BAFTA Hilary Bevan Jones.
The Cambridge Student Film Festival has been renamed ‘THE WATER SPRITE FILM FESTIVAL’ in honour of the film.
Royal Television Society Award ‘Best Drama’ –Warsaw International Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Coca-Cola Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2010 – Kiev International Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Istanbul International Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Screentest ‘Best Horror’ ‘Best Cinematography’ ‘Technical Achievement’ – Exposures ‘Best Cinematography’ – London Short Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Cinefest ‘Official Selection’ – Sofia International Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – East End Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Lund International Fantastik Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – Skena Up Film Festival ‘Official Selection’ – British Council Selected - National Film Festival for Talented Youth ‘New Talent Award
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PRESS FOR WHO’S AFRAID OF THE WATER SPITE?:
July 4th 2008, BBC, ‘Film Student heads for Slovenia‘
Sep 16th 2009, BBC, ‘Global success for film maker’
March 2010, UCA, ‘Spritely Director Scoops RTS Award’
Oct 17th 2010, HeyYouGuys, ‘An enchanting dark fairy tale’
Oct 19th 2010, Brit Films, ‘A wonderful touch of magic that has enchanted audiences around the globe’
Oct 26th 2010, Brain Pickings, ‘Haunting and poetic short film’
Nov 4th 2010, UCA, ‘Film receives iTunes release.’
Nov 14th 2010, Creative Review, ‘One of the most visible young filmmakers in the country’