Jealousy

A FILM BY ANYA CAMILLERI​
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Genre: Comedy-Drama   Length: 17min 12sec   Country: UK   Language: English

Production Companies: Pandemonium Films Ltd., Pins and Needles Media  
SYNOPSIS

​An unemployed IT manager, who has recently lost his father, struggles to find another job, even though his beautiful and successful wife coaches him and supports him as much as she can. 
He becomes increasingly obsessed with the idea that she is having an affair and spies on her incessantly. Increasingly depressed and neurotic, his wife suggests he sees the doctor, but nothing seems to help. 
Finally unable to contain his jealousy, David sets a trap for his wife so he can catch her 'in flagrante' with her lover. However, on the appointed night, he fails to catch her with anyone. 
Instead on her work trip, we see his wife in her hotel room with a woman. 
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Is this real or just another part of his obsessive fantasy? 


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DIRECTOR: ANYA CAMILLERI

ANYA CAMILLERI

Anya started off working for Tim Bevan at Working Title Films. She produced numerous pop videos and commercials for directors Nic Roeg, Mike Newell and Derek Jarman, amongst others.

Sponsored for BBC Directors' course, Anya made her debut on C4 directing drama Eye Contact, starring Jason Isaacs. She went on to direct many episodes of Boon, The Bill, Moving On, as well as a BBC Screen 2 film, Two Golden Balls, starring Kim Cattrall and veteran comic star Leslie Phillips.

Next she co-created and was lead director of hit series Liverpool 1, which led the ITV autumn schedule for 2 seasons. Her short "Perfect”, about a neurotic estate agent who goes on a killing spree, premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

She then co-created and was lead director of NY-LON, a 7 hour transatlantic love story, set in London and New York for C4, starring Rashida Jones and Stephen Moyer.

As well as directing commercials, recently she has directed a cinema short set in Newcastle, JEALOUSY starring Paul Nicholls.

Director Statement

This is a light hearted and surprising film that deals with jealousy and also marriage, fidelity and the pressure of modern living.

I wanted to make a film that dealt with the intimate theme of jealousy but also a cinematic film that also has a real sense of place. Being very familiar with Northumberland and its extraordinary landscapes, and Newcastle having undergone so much modernisation of late, setting the film there seemed a natural choice. It’s a place rarely seen on the big screen.

I wanted the audience to be able to identify with David’s obsession, and to try to visualise what was going on in his head, as he has a sort of breakdown. To show how the pressure of modern living effects our daily lives. Though it is lighthearted, Jealousy is a film about big emotions: sexual jealousy, professional jealousy, dealing with grief and loss as well as about the nitty, gritty moments of every day life that are so important.

I think the power of the film lies in the way the story unveils itself very very gradually, leaving the viewer to constantly reassess their assumptions.

Anya Camilleri

CAST

Paul Nicholls
'David'

Paul Nicholls plays David, an unemployed IT manager who has recently lost his father, and becomes increasingly obsessed with the idea that his wife is having an affair.

Olivia Ross
'Sam'

Olivia Ross plays Sam, David's high flying wife. She supports David as much as she can. After David gets increasingly neurotic and depressed, she suggests he sees the doctor, but nothing seems to help.

CREW

Gerry Maguire
Producer

Gerry Maguire is a Northumbria University graduate and IDI Digital City Fellow. As Associate Producer he delivered BAFTA and BIFA nominated I Am Nasrine (2013), international short co-productions like If You See Maria (2014) and is Executive Producer on micro-budget feature This Is Not Happening (2014). He has produced short films which have screened at festivals internationally, while also having a background in producing artists film for a gallery context. Gerry production manages Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest. His work has been supported by Creative England, ACE, Northern Film & Media, Film London, IdeasTap, and Generator.

Simon Burke
Writer

Simon Burke was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and grew up in Northumberland, where Jealousy is set, using locations from his childhood.

His debut play The Lodger won the Mobil Play Prize in 1994. He has written extensively for television, including original serials Liverpool One and Ny-Lon and adaptations such as Persuasion with Sally Hawkins and White Teeth with Naomi Harris and Om Puri.

His feature film The Kaiser is due out this year, starring Christopher Plummer, Jai Courtney and Lily James.

Eben Bolter
Director of Photography

Eben Bolter is a London based Cinematographer represented by Wizzo & Co. Focussing his career on drama, he has shot fifteen feature films to date on digital as well as celluloid formats, including most recently MUMS LIST for director Niall Johnson (starring Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox and Elaine Cassidy). Eben previously shot the Edinburgh Michael Powell and East End Film Festival Best Cinematography nominated GREYHAWK (starring Alec Newmawn and Zoe Telford) directed by Guy Pitt, and the New Hampshire Film Festival Grand Prix winning CHICKEN (starring Yasmin Paige and Scott Chambers) directed by Joe Stephenson.




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John Burns
1st Assistant Director

Coming from a Theatre background in Glasgow, John is a 1st Assistant Director who loves to work with up and coming talent as has worked on many award winning films.

A fan of the collaborative process, he loves being able to participate in projects off the beaten track, surrounded by hard working, dedicated individuals in every department. Enjoys a challenge and making dreams a reality. Fears nothing, takes no prisoners.

Jason Carlin
Production Designer

Jason is a Production Designer with years of experience and a proven track record of successfully setting up art departments, producing high quality work on budget. Born in Manchester and raised in Derry, he's worked all over the UK and Ireland, as well as in Tunisia, Malta, Italy and Bulgaria. He has a degree in Illustration and a Post Graduate in Design for Film & TV, City & Guilds London Art School and Kingston University respectively and designed a broad range of productions; feature films, multi-episodic dramas, kids' & family dramas, comedies and commercials - many of them award-winning.

Aris Anastassopoulos
Sound Recordist

Experienced Film & Television Broadcast Recordist and Production Sound Mixer, Aris has been gathering 15 years of experience in the industry and has worked on shoots in Germany, Spain, Italy, Brussels and the Greek islands, on 14 feature films to date and a plethora of commercials as well as TV shows and documentaries.

Versatile and cooperative with an extensive list of the industry’s finest equipment including digital recorders, microphones, radios, custom sound trolley, iem systems, advanced power, monitoring setups and more.

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