A Short Epic About Love
I commissioned talented composer, Sarah Llewellyn, to bring her inspiring musical magic to my homage to the vivid visual world of Fellini and Hollywood in 1960s Rome. Sarah has created an engaging and timeless soundtrack perfectly devised and crafted for the film’s theme
Director Josephine Halbert
Soundtrack album out now
Soundtrack now released through Bucks music. Award winning short film by Josephine Halbert, original score by Sarah Llewellyn.
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Credits
Written and directed by Josephine Halbert
Produced by Told in Pictures
Music composed Sarah Llewellyn
Assistant orchestrator & composer Karen Hutt
Post-production mixing & mastering by David Tobin
Music Performed by and Recorded with FAMES Orchestra
Sarah Says…
‘Glamorous, quirky and colourful, this film was a treat to write for. We had the great opportunity to record with the FAMES Orchestra out in Macedonia to realise the short but epic score. The final re-mix for the film took place in the beautiful Halo studios in London’s Soho where we worked with the highly skilled Michele Woods Supervising Sound Editor and Howard Bargroff‘
Screenings & Awards
- Finalist at Cinephilia Film Festival 2016
- Winner of Gold Remi award at Worldfest film festival Houston 2015
- Screenplay nominee for Monaco Film Festival 2015
- Best Costume Award 2015 Movie Maverick Awards
- Nominated for best actress and production design 2015 Movie Maverick Awards
- Nominated for Best Narrative Short at Blow Up Film Festival
- Premiered at the ICA as part of the 2014 London Short Film Festival
- Winner of Best Short Film at Best Short Film at Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
- Screenings in Spain at the Huesca International Film Festival
- Screened at This is England film festival Rouen France
- International Sales through Magnet Films
photo by Michelle George
Listen to extracts
Sofia's Theme
Lost Love
Epic Love
Overture
Farewell Fellini
Italian Scene
Love Theme
Luca's Ride
Cocktail Party
Sphinx
Italian Tango
60's Italia
Accordion Waltz
Cleopatra
Dance
Procession
Taylor's Dressing Room
Sofia enters
Resume
1962 – It is ten months into the filming of the most expensive film ever made, “Cleopatra”, staring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Hollywood’s most glamorous couple.
Against the backdrop of this star-studded romance, Josephine Halbert has chosen to pull focus from this well known story and place it on 18 year-old Sofia, a young and ingenue backstage assistant, as she joins the jaded and homesick film crew at the Hadrian Film Studios near Rome. In this short, she reveals ‘the other great love affair on the set of this most famous Roman/Egyptian Hollywood 1960s epic’
Production pictures by Damien Wootten