VOID is an audiovisual experience best enjoyed in full, with the lights down and the volume up.
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A year ago to the day, the UK entered its first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic. 66 million people were ordered to stay at home as all but essential businesses shut. Nightclubs, once abuzz with life and dancing, were left empty. Clubbers, many of whom relied on these spaces as sanctuaries away from the stresses of everyday life, suddenly had nowhere to go. Some of these venues will never reopen. Others, the lucky ones, still have at least three months to wait until ravers can return.
A handful of the lucky ones appear in VOID - One Year Of Silence, a short film by British filmmakers Tom Andrew and Benjamin Nash. For the audiovisual piece, Andrews and Nash visited clubs across England, filming their empty dance floors and photographing their managers or owners. Shots of cavernous clubs and warehouses coalesce with original music by Daniel Avery. The aim of the project, as well as reflecting on a year without clubbing and human connection, is to raise money and awareness for CALM, a charity leading the movement against suicide in the UK.
Donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/voidfilm
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide in the UK, offering life-saving services, provoking national conversation and bringing people together to empower everyone to reject living miserably and stand together against suicide.
Right now CALM is needed more than ever. Since lockdown their helpline answered more than 124,000 calls and web chats. That's one every 56 seconds.
If you're struggling, talk to CALM on 0800 58 58 58 or via their web chat. Their trained helpline staff are available from 5 PM through midnight every day to provide practical support and advice. It's free, anonymous and confidential, no matter who you are or what you're going through.
Director - Tom Andrew
Director - Sam Davis
DOP - Yannick Hausler
Executive Producer - Benjamin Nash
Production Company - Bangerz&Nash
Dancer - Hanna Ekholm
Dancer - Francesco Migliaccio
Music - Daniel Avery
Audio mixing & additional music production - Manni Dee
3D Artist - Greedy Goons
Editor - Ben Elkaim
Colourist - Myles Bevan
Designer - Seethrough Studio
Special Thanks:
CALM
Resident Advisor
Insight Lighting
Pixi Pixel
Michael Regan
ACS Studio
Adrian Jones
Ashley Keeler
Clubs & Venues:
The Arch (Brighton)
The Brickworks (Nottingham)
The Cause (London)
Corsica Studios (London)
Cosmic Ballroom (Newcastle)
Hare & Hounds (Birmingham)
Hidden (Manchester)
Hope Works (Sheffield)
Lab11 (Birmingham)
Lakota (Bristol)
Mama Roux (Birmingham)
Fewer Than 1 (Sheffield)
Oval Space (London)
Strange Brew (Bristol)
Thekla (Bristol)