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An ode to all we’ve lost to the pandemic from London-based filmmaker Sye Allen (previously featured here). Narrated by Scottish actress Kate Dickie, “The Empty Chair” features footage from venues like the Rio Cinema in Dalston, Walthamstow Football Club, and other independent institutions that are similarly struggling through economic hardships due to social distancing and lockdown procedures. As Allen states further:

“Unfortunately, many of my close friends have been forced to deal with untimely grief, and conversations with them were the seeds for this project, it will be dedicated to them and all of whom we’ve lost.”

 

 

Writer/Producer/Director: Sye Allen
Performed by Kate Dickie
Cinematographer: Sam Care
Editor: Chris Roebuck
Production Company: Burning Reel
Executive Producer: Joe Elliot
Original Music: Nico Casal
Colourist: Jax Harney
Sound Designer: Aaron Taffel
Production Manager: Winston Milton
Focus Puller: David Agha-Rafei
Gaffer: Ryan Delahunty
Script Editor: Ryan Baxter
Music Supervisor: Hamish Duff
Spark: Luke Maund
Spark: Yuri Subotin
Loader: Joshua Dadson
Loader: Josh Hughes
Runner: Sion Roe

 

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