THE WIND AND THE WHIMPERING
Medium-length (34 mins.), Dir. Laurence McManus
Production: 2021 | Release: 2023
United Kingdom, 16:9
Production: 2021 | Release: 2023
United Kingdom, 16:9
Confined between man and animal, Toad (Arlo Carter) struggles to understand the justification for his existence. Saturated with the monotony of honest, marshland work, his dormant hungers are awoken and he desperately tries to hold together the fraying edges of his identity.
Cast: Arlo Carter, William Wolfe Hogan and Paul Brodie
Screenwriter: Laurence McManus
Director of Photography: Judyta Potocka
Producers: Jessica Benson and Laurence McManus
Associate Producer: Judyta Potocka
Makeup Designer: Heather Denyer
Production Designer: Andie Scott
Screenwriter: Laurence McManus
Director of Photography: Judyta Potocka
Producers: Jessica Benson and Laurence McManus
Associate Producer: Judyta Potocka
Makeup Designer: Heather Denyer
Production Designer: Andie Scott

SCREENINGS
(2022/23)
(2022/23)
. Official Selection:14th Prishtina International Film Festival - Prishtina, Kosovo
. Official Selection (Semi-Finalist, Best Film): BIDEODROMO Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival - Bilbao, Spain
. Official Selection: Crossing the Screen International Film Festival - Eastbourne, UK
. Official Selection: 20th Asheville Fringe Arts Festival - Asheville, N.C, USA
. Official Selection (Winner, Best Fiction Short): Insomnia Film Festival - Helsinki, Finland
. Nowe Forum Filmowe: Paradox Kino - Kraków, Poland
. Official Selection: Cinergo International Film Festival - Athens, Greece
. Official Selection (Semi-Finalist, Best Film): BIDEODROMO Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival - Bilbao, Spain
. Official Selection: Crossing the Screen International Film Festival - Eastbourne, UK
. Official Selection: 20th Asheville Fringe Arts Festival - Asheville, N.C, USA
. Official Selection (Winner, Best Fiction Short): Insomnia Film Festival - Helsinki, Finland
. Nowe Forum Filmowe: Paradox Kino - Kraków, Poland
. Official Selection: Cinergo International Film Festival - Athens, Greece
. Official Selection: Festival Angaelica - Pasadena, CA, USA
. Official Selection (Winner, Best Fantasy Film): Retro Avant Garde Film Festival - Venice, Italy