A Positive Contribution
Short film, 2023
In the near future, criminals are given a choice - go to prison or get their memories wiped and replaced with fictional ones so they can make a positive contribution to society. Charlotte, a doctor at the Memory Replacement Institute begins to question her own reality when a patient claiming to be her wife begs her to save their daughter.
A Positive Contribution is a dystopian drama about choosing between comfortable lies or devastating truths.
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A Positive Contribution is a 12-minute dystopian short film that explores the themes of truth and oppression in a post-truth world. The sci-fi thriller asks questions about how conflicting realities collide under a totalitarian regime. Propaganda is said to be a form of brainwashing, but in this world, that brainwashing is literal. The film is subtle and character-driven with uneasy and menacing undertones. It makes the audience question what exactly is the truth in a world where nothing is certain. It’s Severance meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets 1984 meets The Handmaid’s Tale.
A Positive Contribution (APC) was originally a short story written by New Zealand-based writer Bree Mitchell and later adapted into a short film by Heather McQuaid.
I was looking for a new project to direct, and when I stumbled upon Heathers script I was immediately intrigued by it. I’m a big fan of simple and effective storytelling, where you can build a whole world with just one scene, one location and a few actors, and that’s exactly what APC does.
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Crew
Director Nuri Moseinco
Writer Heather McQuaid
Based on a Short Story by Bree Mitchell
Producers Nuri Moseinco, Heather McQuaid
Director of Photography Oli Brotherhood
Production Designer Alex Jones Nash
Sound Recordist Tom Nott
Editors Nuri Moseinco, Peter Davies
Composer Giovanni Zof
Assistant Director Peter Davies
Production Assistant Pedro Tafur
1st AC Joseph Lewiston
2nd AC Vicky Mantua
Gaffer Aram Atkinson
Hair and Makeup Rebecca Thomas-Punter
Stills Photographer Henry Knock
Graphic Designer Kirk Sylvester
Colourists Oli Brotherhood, Aram Atkinson
Sound Design John Green
Cast
Charlotte Wilder-Smythe Chatlotte Coleman
Lucy Happisburgh Eve Carson
Don Brayford Ruaridh Aldington
Rose Lou-Anna Zanovello Dantas