Changing of the Light
by Shafeeq Vellani
Synopsis:
Changing of the Light is an elegiac documentary about Paul Copson, one of the last lighthouse keepers at Portland Bill lighthouse in Dorset, as he faces redundancy and the lighthouse is automated.
Set against the landscape of the sea and the weather, the film follows Paul and his wife Bridget as they prepare to move out of their cottage and leave the service.
Details:
| Year | 1998 |
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| Colour / B&W | Colour |
| Screens | 1 |
Credits:
Realised through a Picture This short film/production award.
Awards:
Shortlisted for Best of British Award at the British Short Film Festival
Screening history:
Screening inculde: Peeping Tom Film Club, Soho; British Federation of Film Societies; START-moving image festival, 1999; Screentime, Cube Cinema, Bristol; USE-IT-Digital Autumn event at Watershed, Bristol.
Artists
Shafeeq Vellani
Shafeeq Vellani is a filmmaker and the co-founder of Picture This Moving Image. Shafeeq has made shorts, television documentaries and dramas, and