Oceans Away

Hugh, a fiftyish widower who lost his wife to the sea, searches for answers and meaning, when he stumbles across an Internet advert by Oceane, 40's, a stay-at-home wannabe mystic. When they meet, will Hugh find the answers to life's problems, or merely get a little wet around the ears?

  • Christopher Mack
    Director
    Hope is French
  • Christopher Mack
    Writer
    Hope is French
  • Kester Lovelace
    Key Cast
    "Hugh"
  • Marine Tuja
    Key Cast
    "Oceane"
  • Louis Lovelace
    Editor
  • Dinty Slop
    Original Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Vignette, Ipoem, romance, melancholy poem, tragicomic vignette
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 15, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    15 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Moment anamorphic lens on iphone
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Christopher Mack

Chris Mack is a Paris based acting coach. He directs and writes plays and films in Paris, where he resides. Directing credits include, The Race of the Ark Tattoo, Paris Doll, Seventy Scenes of Halloween, and The Varian Fry Project.

Chris teaches/has taught acting for stage and screen for Blanche Salant, EICAR, Les Ateliers du Sudden, Bilingual Acting Workshop, New York Film Academy Paris, and Paris Meisner Studio, as well as for episodes of some TV series, like the French series, The Bureau Des Legends.

Chris is also a Paris-based voiceover artist. He does voiceovers for numerous documentaries, commercials and films.

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Director Statement

Oceans Away is an ipoem, shot on an iphone with an anamorphic lens and no budget. It is between a narrative and a poetic odyssey of loss and ageing. A film inspired by and shot against the backdrop of the ever changing and wild Brittany Coast, we explore loneliness, mysticism, mourning, and desire.