Narrative
'Pain' is the debut short film written and directed by Marcus Kartal. A highly personal piece of narrative work which was written in sobriety. Marcus based Pain off the highly visual dreams and nightmares he experienced during his recovery. Pain has seen great success on the short film circuit as a BAFTA qualifying film in many top festivals such as Bolton film festival and won best horror at the Berlin independent film festival. Pain is available to watch on special request.
"Filmmaker Marcus Kartal delivers a challenging, visceral and ambitious short film with Pain. Starring Francis Nunnery and Lara Levy, it’s a cinematic experience aimed to explore the filmmaker’s own struggle with sobriety, incorporating elements of parenthood, and ultimately strives to be unapologetically difficult to watch." - UK FILM REVIEW
Cast.
Lara Levy & Francis Nunnery
executive producer. Rachel Bashford
Writer & director. Marcus Kartal​
Cinematographer. Dominic Lake
1st AD. Billy French
2nd AD. Maxim J Elliot
Production. Mackenzie Stretch
1st AC. Chris Starkey
2nd AC. Tom Watson
Gaffer. Al Rice
Electricens. Elena Roganyan & Matthew Bohun
Sound. Alex Milsom
Art director. Giorgia Joseph
Make up SFX: Wilma Stigon
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Processing. Kodak
Editor. Max Moore
Sound designer: Alexander Trench
Post House. ELMNTL
Post producer. Belle McLeary
Colourist. Henry Howard