Short Film Competition 16+

THE APPOINTMENT
U.K., 2019, 19’

Director: Alexandre Singh / Screenwriter: Alexandre Singh / Producer: Natalie Musteata, Louise Palmkvist, Mike Elliott / Cinematography: Antonio Palatino / Editor: Emma McCleave / Cast: Henry Salt, Professor Oblatovski, Ms. Schrift / Music: Gerry Arling

In this playful, supernatural tale by visual artist Alexandre Singh, a curmudgeonly novelist, Henry Salt, wakes from a nightmare to find a troubling entry in his diary: 12 o’clock at the restaurant ‘La Folie’. But whom is Henry meeting, and why doesn’t he remember making this appointment? When no one shows, Henry becomes obsessed with solving the mystery. Charging through a series of increasingly surreal encounters, Henry discovers that the truth is more disturbing than he could have possibly imagined.

The director: Alexandre Singh

Alexandre Singh is a Brooklyn based visual artist, born in Bordeaux, France. He studied Fine Art at the University of Oxford. His work has been exhibited in venues throughout Europe and the United States. Singh’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris. He is the recipient of the 2011/12 Prix Meurice for contemporary art. “The Appointment” is his debut film