producer / documentary / 2018 / 10 mins

A short creative documentary that charts the attendees of Britain’s longest-running Wargames group, and explores the complexity of actual combat on individuals from a psychologist’s perspective. Obsession, camaraderie and a Wargames Society that asks: what does it take to go into battle?

Funded by the BFI and Film London through the London Calling scheme.

PRESS
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Featured as a WeTransfer wallpaper in November 2018

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Vimeo Staff Pick

The Smalls Film Festival 2018, Official Selection, Nominated for Best Documentary Award.

Imperial War Museum (IWM) Short Film Festival 2018, Official Selection, Nominated for The Annie Dodds Award for Best Documentary.

Underwire Festival 2018, Official Selection, Nominated for Composing Award.

Eindhoven Film Festival 2018, Official Selection.

London Short Film Festival (LSFF) 2019, Official Selection.

British Shorts in Berlin, Lichtspielklub Short Film Festival 2019, Official Selection.

Bolton International Film Festival 2019, Official Selection.

The Shortest Nights Film Festival 2019, Official Selection.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019, Official Selection.

Screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 as part of a Female Filmmaker focus of director Jess Bishopp’s work.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Jessica Bishopp
Producer: Hannah Eugénie Tookey
Director of Photography: Sarah Cunningham
Editor: Adelina Bichis
Composer: Hollie Buhagiar
Assembly Editor: Jessica Bishopp

Featuring:
Professor Edgar Jones, Professor in the History of Medicine and Psychiatry, King’s College London, King’s Centre of Military Health Research (KCMHR)
Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society

Featured Models Designed & Painted By: Steve Earl, Mark Gibbons, Martin Goad

Focus Puller & Camera Assistant: Kate Molins
Sound Recordists: Kirsty Howell & Nadine Richardson
Gaffer: Jonathan Tomlin
Grip: Nik Georgiev
Sound Design & Sound Mix: Fred Pearson, Final Cut
Sound Producer: Laura Harris, Final Cut
Post Production Producers: Lucy Mason & Dan Kreeger, The Mill
Colourist: Jim Bracher, The Mill
Colour Grade: The Mill
Production Assistant: Gennie Allcott
Interview Transcriptions: Noemi Varga
Drivers: Gennie Allcott & Nigel Bishopp
Catering: Lucinda Bishopp & Brian Tayler

For Film London:
Jordan McGarry – Head of Production & Talent Development
Angeli MacFarlane – Development Producer
Josic Cadoret – Producer, Short Film Schemes
Alice Whittemore – Production and Development Officer

Executive Producers: Compulsory, Chris Toumazou, Kadri Mahmoud, Rob Hughes, Nigel Bishopp
Production Company: Compulsory

With Special Thanks To
Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society, King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Brian Tayler, Karen Tayler, Lucinda Bishopp, Nigel Bishopp, Emma Bishopp, Paul Colebrooke, Steve Earl, Mark Gibbons, Martin Goad, John Hurst, Ivor Metcalf, W G Pavely, Terry Shoebridge, Rodney Somerville, Colin Stone, William Stone, Tony Wyatt, Edgar Jones, Direct Photographic, Filmscape, ProCam, Final Cut, The Mill