North Atlantic (2010)

An isolated air traffic controller in a small island of the Azores archipelago is contacted by a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic.

Director:

Bernardo Nascimento

Writers:

Adam Dewar (contributing writer), Bernardo Nascimento

Stars:

Clive Russell, Baltazar, Grant Masters

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Clive Russell	...	James Compston
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Baltazar	...	Baltazar
Grant Masters	...	Peter Simmons (voice)
Guilherme Mendonça	...	Paulo
Francisco Tavares	...	Hugo

Storyline

An isolated air traffic controller in a small island of the Azores archipelago is contacted by a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic.

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Taglines:

Golf Tango Tango...are you there?

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

25 October 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monocle Studio, Caravana Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

15 min 15 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot over 3 days in a real control tower, during its non-operating hours. During the shoot, a plane actually got in touch with the tower during a take. Fortunately, one of the real air traffic controllers was always with the film crew.

User Reviews

Outstanding.

I saw this film at the Savannah Film Festival before a feature film that wasn't comparable to this. I was happy to see this short being a 35mm film even though it was projected HDCAM it still preserved it's beauty... Short simple story about a pilot in a plane flying through the north Atlantic talking to someone via cb radio. I really enjoyed this film and it looked great. I wish that all short films could be as awesome as this film was. I haven't seen a film that has such an innocent fun loving feel to it in a long time. The director of this film should make a feature similar to this film because it's just that great. Everything from story plot to sound design to cinematography was just phenomenal and I hope this film maker makes a ton more films like this.