Will Simpson

Film + TV · Channel 4 / Mind the Gap · 2016

Soldiering On

Award-winning Channel 4 short film made with Mind the Gap, co-directed and edited by Will Simpson.

My role: Co-direction, Editor

Jez Colborne in the blue-lit Soldiering On performance

A Channel 4 short film made with Mind the Gap. Soldiering On received Best Production at the Oska Film Festival in 2016.

Film stills

Jez Colborne in a close performance portrait
Pl. 01 Jez Colborne in a close performance portrait
Jez Colborne seated in a theatre as projected imagery fills the screen
Pl. 02 Jez Colborne seated in a theatre as projected imagery fills the screen
Jez Colborne at the piano in front of projected archive film
Pl. 03 Jez Colborne at the piano in front of projected archive film
Close view of hands playing the piano
Pl. 04 Close view of hands playing the piano
A crowd of children in the archive film used in Soldiering On
Pl. 05 A crowd of children in the archive film used in Soldiering On
Jez Colborne performing against a projected crowd
Pl. 06 Jez Colborne performing against a projected crowd

Festival

Soldiering On at the Oska Film Festival
Pl. 01 Soldiering On at the Oska Film Festival
Credits
  • Co-director and editor
    Will Simpson
  • Channel 4 / Mind the Gap
  • Best Production, Oska Film Festival 2016