Room 8
- 2013
- 7m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
3.4K
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A prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to.A prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to.A prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to.
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- Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
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Room 8 Have A Very Genius Story Line . Prisoner Found A Box In His Ward When He Open That We See Another Dimensions Of His Room . Its More Like The Humans Want Their Freedom At Any Cost No Matters What Happened After Or What Is Our Consequences & We Not Satisfied With What We Have & Always We Want More . Like When Some Elder Guy Say To Us Don,t Do That And We Do & Regret About It . Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Said If You Want Your Freedom You Should Leave Your Captives Life At Any Price Some One Happy About It And Some One Face Withe Their Consequences.
Room 8, a short film written and directed by James W. Griffiths, takes place in a Russian prison. British prisoner Ives (Tom Cullen) is taken to a new cell, where he meets the mysterious Shears (Michael Gould). In the cell, Ives finds a red box, which piques his interest. Unable to fight his curiosity, he opens the box, and is shocked at what he finds.
Watch the short to find out what's inside the box...
Watch the short to find out what's inside the box...
That was short but impressive. Really good job!
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A prisoner is locked up in a Soviet prison, a grim setting from the start. Very good cinematography - the sense of claustrophobia is palpable. We're then offered a genre flip when the prisoner is tempted by another to touch a red wooden box.
Well, I won't give any spoilers away but you won't be disappointed!
This is a good solid and original short. The intrigue works well and builds to a good conclusion.
6/10
Well, I won't give any spoilers away but you won't be disappointed!
This is a good solid and original short. The intrigue works well and builds to a good conclusion.
6/10
or an Arabian fairy tale about magic boxes and illusion price. impressive for story more than for CGI. seductive for atmosphere and for the desire who seems so normal. it is one of the most inspired films about essence of dictatorship. about freedom in Gulag. or about the clash against the dark reality. after its end remains the powerful feeling of fascination. the story is not exactly original. you know it from many mystery/fantastic stories . but the impression is the same. a box. red. and a lot of box of matches. that is all.
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- TriviaThis short film is based on a dialogue-only (no stage directions) script by Oscar winning writer Geoffrey Fletcher. The script was released as part of the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series, open to contestants to create their own film from. Room 8 was one of the winners and was granted 40,000 GBP to create this film.
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- Budget
- £40,000 (estimated)
- Runtime7 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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