User:Nutteronabus/Missed Connections (film)

Missed Connections is a 2010 short film written and directed by Christopher Presswell, billed as a pessimistic romantic comedy. It is produced by Paper Sun Films, in association with What?Who! Ltd.

Plot
The film tells the story of Jamie (Joseph Cappellazzi), a twenty-something misanthropic loser. One day, he stumbles across his flatmate Tim (Neil Chinneck) reading the Missed Connections column of a London newspaper, in which people write in to in an attempt to find someone they found attractive on the street, but didn't work up the courage to speak to. Becoming amused by their futility and how unlikely they are to attract any replies, Jamie hatches a plan in a moment of cynical genius; he starts replying to all of them.

Cast
Joseph Cappellazzi as Jamie

Neil Chinneck as Tim

Slaine Kelly as Jubilee Girl

Rebecca Perfect as Emma

Alexandra B. Harris as Sophie

Laura Bates as Johanna

Alexandra Khan as Madame Monet

Maria Jonas as Northern Line Girl

Jennifer Majka as Juliet

Marama Corlett as Date #4

Bella Sokol as Date #5

Steven Maguire as Man in Pub

Tabitha Everett as Flatmate

Funding (Antony Gormley's One & Other)
The film was partially funded when writer/director Christopher Presswell took part in Antony Gormley's One & Other, an installation which saw a different person take to the fourth plinth of London's Trafalgar Square every hour. Upon being allocated a place from Midnight-1am on July 22nd 2009, he hit upon the novel idea of using it as an opportunity to raise awareness and try to raise some of the necessary funds through asking people to donate towards the project via the live webcast. Those watching were directed to the Paper Sun Films website's 'Buy a Credit' section, while the film's producer Oleg Ozoling interacted with users and answered questions about the project on Twitter.

The move led to The Wharf picking up the story (adding their support to the campaign), and an appearance on Radio Enfield on September 15th 2009. His pre-plinth interview is set to be included in the forthcoming One & Other book, due for publication on October 14th 2010.

Release
The film is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner in May 2010, with more festival screenings forthcoming.

Soundtrack
On January 24th 2010 it was announced that Absentee would be contributing a new song via the film's official Facebook page.