The Veiled City

The Veiled City

United Kingdom / Experimental / 12'54"/ 16mm / Black-White / 2023

A speculative city symphony inspired by London’s Great Smog of 1952. Merging reality with fiction, The Veiled City invites us to understand the smog in the context of the present-day climate crisis.

Director: Natalie Cubides-Brady

Script: Natalie Cubides-Brady, Alfie Spencer

Director of Photography: Jax Harney, Natalie Cubides-Brady

Producer: Jacob Swan Hyam, Hannah Bush Bailey

Music: Athena Varosio

Editing: Ona Bartroli

Sound: Ben Goodall

Cast: Aerynne Eastwood

Nataie Cubides-Brady was born in London, UK in 1981, she studied documentary film directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Her short documentary Beyond the North Winds screened at festivals including Sundance London, Visions du Réel and Edinburgh and won the prize for Best Short Screenplay at the Poitiers Film Festival. Having participated in Berlinale Talents in 2021, she is currently developing her debut feature-length film.

Filmography

2018 After the Silence

2019 Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie

2023 The Veiled City

Festivals Attended

Berlinale, Shorts Competition, 2023

Vienna Shorts, International Competition, Austrian Premiere 2023

Curtas Vila do Conde, International Competition 2023

Sundance London, UK Premiere 2023

Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2023

FIDBA, International Shorts Competition, Latin American Premiere 2023

Uppsala Short Film Festival, International Competition 2023

Archivio Aperto, International Competition, Italian Premiere 2023

Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Documentary Competition 2023

Zinebi Bilbao, International Competition, Spanish Premiere 2023

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, International Competition, Swiss Premiere 2023

Interfilm Berlin, International Competition 2023

Short Film Festival Cologne, Best of Fests 2023

London Short Film Festival, UK Competition 2024

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Documentary Competition, Australia 2024

Vilnius Short Film Festival, International Competition, Lithuania 2024

Tampere Film Festival, International Competition, Finland 2024

Awards

Best Documentary, Curtas Vila do Conde (2023)

Mikeldi for Best Documentary Short Film, Zinebi Bilbao (2023)

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