DILIP'S CASTLE
Dilip's Castle Official Poster
Trailer edited by Peter O'Donovan
KEY CAST: Sidney | Jonathan Kemp, Dilip | Sidney Kean, Sarah | Jasmine Jones
KEY CREW: Writer & Director | Manos Ioannou, Producers | Jennifer Eriksson & Andrea Toca Velasco, Executive Producer | Matt Hayden, Production Design | Alex Ward, Cinematographer | Alex Grigoras, Composer | Tony Coote, Sound Designers | Marian Mentrup & Michele Bianchin, Editor | Alvaro Gago Diaz
Represented by Shorts International
**Official selection London Short Film Festival 2016**
**Official selection Short Waves Film Festival 2016**
**Official selection East End Film Festival 2016**
**Official selection British Shorts Berlin 2017**
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LOGLINE
Dilip’s Castle is the story of Sidney. He runs away from home after he finds out that his wife had an affair. Already on a destructive path, treading through the night, he discovers that what lurks in the dark is far worse than infidelity.
SYNOPSIS
Dilip’s Castle is the story of Sidney, who is demoralized and jaded by his own domestic adversities. His wife’s infidelity wasn't in his marital plans. Needless to say he doesn’t take it very well. He runs away to process everything, escaping the hard work that comes with relationships. Sidney is already on a destructive path, facilitated by a rapacious thirst for alcohol along with an immense constitution for it, and a dry-wry sense of humor that attracts all sorts of unwanted trouble. This particular evening, he crosses paths with Dilip. He is Sidney's companion, antagonist and catalyst. He follows Dilip to his 'lair' and there he is forced to reevaluate his unwillingness to return home.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Dilip’s Castle is the story of Sidney and his journey in London one evening. It was almost a year ago that similar events had happened to me. An evening I will never forget. The permeating feeling I had when I began my journey was to escape home. Whatever that ‘home’ might be. By the end my desire had shifted dramatically, and my ‘home’ seemed to be miles away making it even more inviting and alluring.
Problems are like questions. They beckon answers. In my experience the answers (or solutions) lie hidden in the most unexpected places. They are veiled in dark corners, which our gaze never meets. They are concealed in words uttered by the mouths of people we never acknowledge their existence. But while we look for these answers, treading through the charming darkness, we should carry a glimpse of our problems, as a lighthouse, so we can return ‘home’.
As soon as the sun sets, in every city, especially a Metropolis like London, the urban landscape goes through a metamorphosis. Different kind of animals and creatures emerge with their own intentions. Some are benign but most of them are not. They have an inexplicable cunning and a clear sense of preys and predators. Ostracized people usually come out at night as well. They come across the predators and sometimes they escape and sometimes they don’t. We wouldn’t know, though, because we are fast asleep. In the comfort of our homes.
All these concerns are at the heart of this film. The content will dictate the style. It’s a study of the night and its various shades. I want to show a different London. The London I saw that evening. I want the audience to take a journey without a clear destination and encounter my companions. Watching the film the audience should feel like I felt. Fear, terror, sympathy and empathy, and maybe, just maybe they will laugh. Smile at least. Because if they don’t then what’s the point?
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