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NORTH ATLANTIC
A Short Film by First Time Director
Bernardo Nascimento
15 MINUTES | COLOR
UK + PORTUGAL
ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES
15 MINUTES | COLOR
UK + PORTUGAL
ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NOT RATED
GENRE: DRAMA
1:2.39 ASPECT RATIO | SOUND 5.1 or LtRt
HD CAM/HD CAM SR/DIGIBETA/BETA SP/DCP/QT
PREMIERE STATUS AT 1st August 2011:
UK PREMIERE AT THE 54th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
US & WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 26th SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ASIA PREMIERE AT THE 12th SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA
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“A wonderful accomplishment” | “An exceptional film” | “A splendid poetic portrait of
life’s constant solitude” | “Stunning” | "This short is spare and magnificent at the
same time, and has an emotional resonance that rivals any feature." | “Impressive”
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and beautifully crafted story that will redefine the viewer’s perspective of the time
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LOGLINE
An isolated air traffic controller in the Azores connects with a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift
over the North Atlantic.
SYNOPSIS
An isolated air-traffic controller in an island of the Azores archipelago receives a transatlantic
emergency signal from a lost plane. As the engagement with the lone pilot unfolds, it emerges that
their new found friendship will not last through the night.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Entering the film world from a Music and History academic background was a fortunate accident that
led on to seven years as an Assistant Director. On set, I watched “auteurs” like Manoel de Oliveira
and blockbuster directors like Mathew Vaughn craft their films while, at home, I would be trying to
organize the myriad of different pieces constantly dancing in my head into my first script.
The way North Atlantic came around was no different.
All that morning I had been working on a script about the end of a love affair. I took a breather to
watch Miyazaki's animation "Porco Rosso" for the second time and one of the shots- a small plane
against a sea of clouds - struck a chord. The scale of the helpless plane against the massive natural
elements brought back a real story I'd read in a Portuguese newspaper about a pilot flying solo
across the Atlantic without enough fuel to reach an airstrip. His last hours were on the radio with
an air traffic controller on an island only airwaves could reach. They spent them reciting poetry, a
love shared by both.
This story was still lingering in my head later that night when, trying a very simple guitar version
of the famous Brazilian tune "Insensatez", I thought of how improvising with other musicians had to
be one of the strongest sharing experiences one can have. Visceral not intellectual, physical more
than cultural: Music, instead of poetry.
That was it: I wrote North Atlantic overnight and one year later it became my first film. Now it's
yours.
October 2010, Bernardo Nascimento
MAIN CAST AND CREW BIOGRAPHIES
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Bernardo Nascimento was born in Portugal in 1975, spending his childhood between Lisbon and Madeira,
a small island in the middle of the Atlantic. He studied Music and History in Lisbon and Paris before
he started working in film as an Assistant Director with portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira. In
2005 he moved to London, working in projects from "auteur" films to blockbusters like Mathew Vaughn's
"Kick Ass". North Atlantic is Bernardo's debut as Director.
CAST
Clive Russell (born 7 December 1945) is a British actor.
Russell was born in Reeth, England and brought up in Fife, Scotland. He currently lives in the Hither
Green area of South East London. He originally trained as a teacher, but when his drama lecturer
resigned and took over a theatre in the provincial town of Bolton, Lancaster, Russell joined him.
Russell has been working solely in film and television since 1991. He is a familiar face on British
television and has appeared in numerous series including Hope And Glory, Neverwhere, Great
Expectations, The Mists of Avalon, Heartburn Hotel, Roughnecks, Monarch of the Glen, Waking The Dead,
Silent Witness, Rockface, Spaced, Still Game, Cracker as Robbie Coltrane's brother, Happiness and Auf
Wiedersehen, Pet. From 2005 - 2006 Russell played Phil Nail in ITV's Coronation Street. In Margaret's
Museum, a highly acclaimed motion picture, Russell starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter as the
Gaelic-speaking Neil Currie. His other film credits include Festival, Ladies in Lavender and 2010 saw
him in Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" and Joe Johnston's "The Wolfman".
PRODUCTION NOTES / TRIVIA
1.The story of North Atlantic was inspired by true events.
2.Both actors come from the same place as the characters they're playing, Azores and Scotland.
3.Due to the low budget nature of the project, the whole film was shot in the UK and not in the
middle of the Atlantic where the story is set. Exteriors were shot in Beachy Head (England's South
Coast) and both Control Tower and Plane were shot in Northweald, a former RAF airfield (North
London).
4.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 around.
5.Baltazar's (the fish that plays Hugo's only companion in the tower) aquarium belonged to the
Director and was flown in from Lisbon. When the Art Department was "putting back", the tower crew
asked if they could keep it. Baltazar now lives with them.
6.The interior shots of the plane were shot inside an old beechcraft 18 that had been grounded for
years and which engine was dead. To bring the speedometer to life, Art department crew actually tried
to blow on the peter pipes built in the wings during the takes.
5.Baltazar's (the fish that plays Hugo's only companion in the tower) aquarium belonged to the
Director and was flown in from Lisbon. When the Art Department was "putting back", the tower crew
asked if they could keep it. Baltazar now lives with them.
6.The interior shots of the plane were shot inside an old beechcraft 18 that had been grounded for
years and which engine was dead. To bring the speedometer to life, Art department crew actually tried
to blow on the peter pipes built in the wings during the takes.
7.The song Hugo and James play was created during rehearsals, a few hours before the shoot.
8.Clive Russell is 1,97 mt tall. Until the first rehearsal, crew wasn't sure he'd actually fit into
the small plane.
9.Peter Collins, the Production Designer's father, was a carpenter in Indiana Jones and Star Wars
and was already retired during the shoot of North Atlantic. When Rory Collins (Production Designer)
was looking into ways of building the radar, his Dad,decided to help. Rory called Bernardo and said:
"My dad's helping us. His last job was the Milleninum Falcon, you should be proud!" He was.
10.All the books in the tower were chosen by the director from his collection and flown in from
Portugal. Next to the chessboard are Corto Maltese's comics, the Director's favorites and a reference
for James's character construction.
11.The book Hugo brings when he comes into the tower is Saint Exupery's, "Courier Sud", in a 60's
french edition that belonged to the Director's grandfather.
12.When the Director was having trouble casting Paulo, an actor friend from Portugal called asking
if he could crash at his place for one night. The Director was staying at a friends place so told
him: "I don't have a bed for you, but I have a scene in my film and we're shooting that same night,
so instead of sleeping, come and play this character." He did.
13.The film was shot over 3 days, after 2 months prep and it took almost 11 months to to get it
trough post-production. All in all, one year.
14.North Atlantic was shot “on the back” of 2500£, attributed to the director through the North
London Film Fund.
15.North Atlantic was shot on
was proxy’ed into Apple Pro
handling them throughout post
Color, all were used to create
screening we finally managed
the PANAVISION GENESIS. From the master HDCAM SR tapes (2k), footage
Res 422, file sizes becoming much more manageable for the laptops
production. Avid, FCP, Pro Tools, Logic, AE, Cinema 4D, Maya, Smoke,
the version that was selected for the London Film Festival. For that
to get hold of a FCP/DAVINCI/FLAME, and onlined the final version.
CREDIT ROLL
CAST
James
Hugo
Paulo
Peter Simmons
CLIVE RUSSELL
FRANCISCO TAVARES
GUILHERME MENDONCA
GRANT MASTERS (voice)
CREW
Writer/Director
Executive Producer
Producer
Associate Producer
BERNARDO NASCIMENTO
BREK TAYLOR
BERNARDO NASCIMENTO
JAMES YOUNGS
SADIA AHMED
Cinematographer
Production Designer
Sound Recordist
CARLOS CATALAN
RORY COLLINS
RAUL DIAS
Editor
Sound Designer
Composer
SERGIO VEGA BORREGO
LUIS FERNANDEZ GARCIA
JON OPSTAD
Script Editor
Casting UK
MARGARET GLOVER
ADAM THORPE
LEONOR VISEU
Casting PT
DIANA COELHO
JOAO ESTEVES
Line Producer
First Assistant Director
Second Ass. Director
Production Manager
HARRY SERGEANT
DANIEL GIBLING
MARIO CARVALHAL
KATE CHADDERTON
Art Director
Set Decorator
Construction Manager
Art Department Ass,
HOLLY CAMERON
JO BERGLUND
PETER COLLINS
DANIEL BRAND
Line Producer
First Assistant Director
Second Ass. Director
Production Manager
HARRY SERGEANT
DANIEL GIBLING
MARIO CARVALHAL
KATE CHADDERTON
Art Director
Set Decorator
Construction Manager
Art Department Ass,
HOLLY CAMERON
JO BERGLUND
PETER COLLINS
DANIEL BRAND
Focus Puller
KARL HUI
DAVID AGHA RAFEI
DAVID AGHA RAFEI
DAVE PALMIERI
FELIX MILBURN FOSTER
DAVE NYE
SEGEV NAVON
BRUNO MARTINS
Clapper Loader
Grip
Gaffer
Sparks
Costume & Make/up
Script Supervisor
FATIMA IBRAHIM
SADIA AHMED
LEONOR VISEU
ADR PT
ADR UK
ARTUR SANTOS @ SKILLS
MARTIM CRAWFORD
Digital Comp. & CGI
ZSOLT BALOGH
BOBB STRONGMAN
CHRIS DAVIS
ED HARRIS
GHOKAN YETIS
NEIL COPLAND
JORGE ESCORRIHUELA
AKANE HIRAOKA
JAIME CIPRIANO
CARLOS GARCIA ARRANZ
Flame Artist
MIGUEL BANDEIRA
Color Grading
PEDRO VILELA
CARLOS GARCIA ARRANZ
MICHAEL MCHUGH
Online Editor
JOSE BARREIROS
Post Prod, Supervision
THE POST HOUSE UK
Aircraft Tech. Consultant JONATHAN WARNER
Location Support
DAVE YOUNG
DARREN GOODEY
ATC Consultant
JOAO GONCALVES
Camera Equipment
Lighting Equipment
PANAVISION UK
PANALUX UK
THANKS
NLFF, Giant Films, NFTS, David Waterson, Rob Garvie @ Panavision,
Ole Mienert @ Panalux, Skills (PT), Diogo Camoes, Jeff and Howie @ Fab Sound,
Tomas Nascimento, Sofia Maul, Helena Ornelas, Diogo Teixeira Lopes,
Rabujas, Elisinha, Mattias Nyberg, Vladimir Trivic, Paul Robinson, Andy Sauer,
Michael Onder, Katherine Horner, Andre Torres, Leandra Ashton, Nahid Ishaq,
Kika, Andre Marques, Alex Gardon, Ivo Ferreira, James Opstad, Stuart Earl,
Graham Chatters, Doug Ritter, John Ratnage, Jay Honeck, James Mckenna,
Silvia Llaguno & Lucia Pallaris @ United Agents, Pedro Figueiredo, Kharmel
Cochrane, Joao Lagarto, Bruno Nogueira, Pere Valls Carloto Cotta, Xavi
Amoros, Martin Calder, Jorge Escorrihuela, Jeanette Hunter, Jennifer Eiss, Paul
Bell, Michael Mchugh
& Avo Alberto.
SPECIAL THANKS
Cast & Crew, Taia, Adam Dewar, Nick Franco, Jason De Vyea,
Adam Thorpe, Jep Domingo, Joao Esteves, Rosario Belmar da Costa,
Artur Santos, Joao Pinheiro,Alberto Pimenta, Light Films(PT),
Smiling (PT), Nova Imagem (PT), Kathryn Collins, Bien,
Brek Taylor, Edgar Medina, Tintas, Tato, Lisboa, London,
Barcelona, Paris, Madeira, Acores and my home,
Sadia.
For Manelinha and Ricardo, my parents.
Written, Directed and Produced by
BERNARDO NASCIMENTO
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BERNARDO NASCIMENTO
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Bernardo Nascimento’s new project is a feature length film, set in Scotland.
For more info,please email : [email protected]