Do Elephants Pray - Raindance Film Festival
Do Elephants Pray - Raindance Film Festival
Do Elephants Pray - Raindance Film Festival
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DO ELEPHANTS PRAY?<br />
SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 6:30PM & SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 2PM<br />
As the film opens, a naked man charges through the forest,<br />
grabbing our attention as he runs. One thing is certain from<br />
the outset, <strong>Do</strong> <strong>Elephants</strong> <strong>Pray</strong> does not fit the typical Brit film<br />
template. Callum, head and lynchpin of his own failing marketing<br />
company, is pretty set in his ways, doing a half assed job whilst<br />
enjoying his favourite poisons: cigarettes, alcohol and only the<br />
very finest coffee. Callum is a man looking for a meaning to it all,<br />
attending tai chi classes, scouring spiritual websites and in darker<br />
moments, suicide forums.<br />
Whilst struggling to come up with a successful angle to sell a<br />
girls alcoholic drink to men in an already saturated market, Callum<br />
encounters Malika, a free spirited French girl who pulls him out<br />
of his lifeless existence and drags him across to France into<br />
the heart of a military zone in search of a legendary lake said to<br />
transform people. As they journey deeper into the forest, Malika’s<br />
spiritual carefree nature begins to rejuvenate Callum.<br />
<strong>Do</strong> <strong>Elephants</strong> <strong>Pray</strong> is a profoundly affecting film that makes us<br />
question our sense of value and the way we live our lives. With a<br />
twist ending that sets the whole film in a new light, it’s certain to<br />
have audiences talking. As for whether <strong>Elephants</strong> pray, well, that<br />
is a question to think about, not to answer. CB<br />
HALKKE 9<br />
UK 3 mins Format Super-8mm<br />
Director/Producer/Screenplay/<br />
<strong>Do</strong>P/Cast/Print Source Richard Jung<br />
A parody of a 1950s kitchen appliance<br />
commercial. Observe for youself how this<br />
extraordinary, atomic-powered machine<br />
makes old fashioned kitchen drudgery<br />
a thing of the past.<br />
Country UK Running Time 105 mins Format DCP Director Paul Hills<br />
Producers Paul Hills, Jonnie Hurn Screenplay Jonnie Hurn <strong>Do</strong>P Roger Bonnici<br />
Cast Jonnie Hurn, Julie Dray, Marc Warren Print Source Amaranth <strong>Film</strong> Partners<br />
Email office@elephantfeatures.com W www.doelephantspray.com<br />
52 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
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