Drama/Sci-Fi | Short Film | 12-15mins
- In Post-Production -
“A grieving scientist rewinds time to reunite with his late wife.
But can he win-over the woman who fell for the man that he no longer is?”
THE FIRST TIME I NEVER MET YOU is a moving time-travel story. It touches on themes of grief, love, and loss, but also takes a bold stance on one of the genre’s common paradoxes.
Think The Time Traveler's Wife meets Malcolm & Marie.
THE CAST
THE CREW
Writer/Director ERIC KOLE
Producer REINE ISSA
Executive Producers
LEE APSEY • KRISTY PRICE • LUCAS A. FERRARA • GABRIELE BUNZEL KHALIL • EUPHRASIA KWETEMBA-KOLELAS
Associate Producers
CHARLES MEUNIER • FARID ISSA • WEE SIN LIAM
Cinematography MICHAEL FILOCAMO
Edited by ELLIE JOHNSON
Original Music JOSEPH ALEXANDER
Production Design COLLETTE CREARY-MYERS
Art Director LARA JENSEN
Wardrobe Stylist MIMI V
Make-Up Artist MARIA MONTEIRO
Production Manager STEPHANIE FAUCHER
1st Assistant Directors BEN PLIMLEY • BEN WICKS
Prop Makers MIKE PEEL • JAMES WALKER
Art Assistants VEZHINA HADZIEVA • JUNIOR RUSSELL • JACK KNUDSON
Sound Design CLIFF REEVES
Sound Recordist PAUL STUART
1st Assistant Camera HERMES CONTRERAS
2nd Assistant Camera DOMINGO SIMON • CHARLES MADDOCKS
Gaffers SEBASTIAN HINDS • FRANK HAMMOND
Sparks WILLOW BIDWELL • LUIS PINHAO
VFX Producer CHEE YEN WANG
VFX Supervisors LUDO FEALY • PAUL BRANCH
2D Lead JAMIE STITSON • MATT HUTCHINS
2D Artist TOM CLAPP
3D Lead IVAN TOMOVIC
3D Artist ELENA SCHURKUS
3D Junior Artist MILES TOMALIN
Stunt Co-ordinator LAURENT PLANCEL
On-Screen Driving IVAN PETSEV
Location Manager AUGUSTE VASILIAUSKAITE
Production Runner DALINE LY
Unit Photographer CONNOR DIFFLEY
BTS Videographers BEN PIKE • RICKY SINGH POONI
Hires
PIXIPIXEL • COMPLETE FILM LIGHTING • GREENKIT • LONDON PERFORMANCE STUDIOS • SINGER TAVERN
Huge Thank You To
STEPHANIE CHARMAIL • CONOR BORU • BEAU FOWLER • DAVID NEWTON • RAHDY ELWAN • MITCH KALISA • STEPHANIE ESPINETTI • PETE STOREY • MAGDALENA HERFURTNER • GRACE O’KEEFE • GREENLIT • GRANT TAYLOR • ESTHER ELLIS • NATASHA MIRI • IVER ACADEMY
Special Thanks to our Backers
BURN GORMAN • LEE HOON TAN • JOLENE LIAM • CHRISTINE EL ASMAR • YASMINE BARRY • DAVIES KACHIMANGA • HATTY HODGSON • ELISSA FREIHA • ISABEL CATALÁN SADA • MO ALI • NOLEEN COMISKEY • MOTUNRAYO ADEOLA • KERRIN NAIDOO • LENA NIELSEN • HASSIBA FREIHA • KENTON OXLEY • PATRICK MNEINI • GRANT SANDY-PHILLIPS • EMILY CARLTON • EMILY SEALE-JONES • MAIYA LUMYAI • OLIVER GOODRUM • JEMMA WILSON • SALLY DELLAR • LAURA TOWNEND • CHOICE SKINNER • BELÉN BIOKO • JONATHAN NYATI • CHRIS LUK • ZUZKA LEOPOLD • DARYL CHASE • INEL TOMLINSON • FELIX KACHIMANGA • MARIANA PAPAMARKOU • DARRAGH MORTELL • STEPHANIE MAAKAROUN • SABIA FATAYRI • VESLEMøY MøKRID • MARK HAMPTON • DANA JABER • ZUZIA MAJKOWSKA • MICHAEL SPENCER • ANA VALERIO GILMORE • MERYL GRIFFITHS • KATE TURNER • TEO CRISTEA • BLERD POINT OF VIEW • LAURA LIISTRO • HERO MACKENZIE • JUSTIN TAGG • LUCY DAVIS • DANIEL GRASSKAMP • FREYA HOLMES • MARTIN FRIMET • RHEA GRAF • LOUISE MCCONNELL • KATIE PATTINSON • MAXIM JAGO • NICHOLAS GOULDEN • LARA WEHBE • JAMIE WELSH • SONIA BENARAB • AMY SMITH • HANA SAITO • MARG SMITH • ALEXIANE CAZENAVE • NARIN CAKIR • DALEYA MAROHN • ALICE HODGSON • ALEXANDER DEVRIENT • MICHAEL WEBBER • CHRISTELLE TUMBA • ANDREW KUMBUKANI CHITSAKAMILE • NIGEL RUWENDE • EUAN MCINTYRE • CULLAN NHARA FITZGERALD • MICHAEL MUYUNDA • VICTORIA SHEPHERD • ALISTAIR IMBEAH • ANDROMEDA GODFREY • BEN ASTON • SYDNEY CRAVEN • ANDREA GUARIN-RODRIGUEZ • ORAMA CHIROMO • BECKY SMALL • LAURA DUCKETT • LINDEN WALCOTT-BURTON • LYDIA DÉPRÉS • MERIEL ROSENKRANZ • MARY MCBAIN • EDOZIE OFFIAH • KEIR SIEWERT • GEORGE OSEI-PREMPEH • FRANK FLITTION • GEORGIA QUIRKE-LURPING • IAN TIERNEY • ALEJANDRA GUARIN • GERALD NARAG • LUCINDA STUMP • CARINA BIRRELL • JAYMES SYGROVE • KRISTINA VÖLK • KYLA FRYE • ANNA WOODS • GLORIA KOLELAS • ANDY WASYLIW • SAM BERN • NADIA SOHAWON • GUILLAUME KOJO • JESSICA MICHAEL DAVIS • SELENA LLOYD • TAHIRAH SHARIF • TOMISIN ADEPEJU • IZABELLA MALEWSKA • KELLY SCHEMBRI • JULIA LEYLAND • VICTOR MLEME • LOU ROLLEY • CARL EARL-OCRAN • MONICA SANTIS • CHLOE CROUCH • ROBBIE MARKIEWICZ
SIZZLE REEL
BUDGET
After running a successful crowdfunding campaign, and raising 103% of the project’s £15k production budget, the film is now in production.
“In a post-apocalyptic world, a man, stuck in his endless loneliness, wanders... Only to discover he is not alone.”
Drama/Sci-Fi | 7mins | UK
“... a subtle and thought-provoking film!”
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
NOMINATIONS
*BEST DRAMA* @ Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York, UK | 2014
*BEST 'FREE FALL' SHORT FILM* @ Limelight Awards
London, UK | 2017
“... it really had a confidence in what it was trying to say and do.”
Written, Directed and Produced by ERIC KOLE
Starring ERIC KOLE, AMANDA FERNANDO-STEVENS
Cinematography JONI JUUTILAINEN
Edited by CHRIS MCILVEEN
Soundtrack JUSTINE BARKER
Wardrobe Stylist MIMI VS
Make-Up LIANNA WEIDLE
1st Assistant Director DASHA AKSYUTA
Focus Puller MICHAEL HOBDELL
Camera Assistant MARGA DOEK
Set Production Assistant JO GERWITZ
Colourist LEWIS CROSSFIELD
Post-Production Co-ordinator JAMES DREW
Sound Recordist DOUGLAS FAYERS
Sound Design WERONIKA RAZNA
ADR Recordsit CULLAN NDUMISO-NHARA
Digital Matte Painter DAVIDE BINELLO
Visual Effects Consultant ANIRUDDHA SATAM
Storyboard Artist MARGA DOEK
Location Manager REBECCA PITMAN (WildLife Trust BCN)
Special Thanks
OTSO FILMS • WILDLIFE TRUST BCN • ELECTRIC THEATRE COLLECTIVE • DUNCAN BLACKMAN • JONATHAN JOBIN • MICHAEL CHASE • MERIEL ROSENKRANZ • OWEN LAWLESS • DELARAM ROSAMI
“... an intimate spin on the apocalypse.”
“... incredibly strong both in concept and execution.”
“Darren, a keen gambler, finds himself having to escort an unknown woman on the other side of Paris for a Mafioso. Struggling with the implications of his involvement in the affair, Darren is forced to reconsider his values.”
Drama | 13mins | UK/France
“This movie is beautiful... a true standout...”
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
NOMINATIONS
BEST DRAMA - Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York, UK | 2012
BEST SHORT FILM - BEFFTA Awards
London, UK | 2013
BEST FICTION - SCENECS Film Fest
Amersfoort, NETHERLANDS | 2013
“Fifty Pence is worth your 13 minutes...”
Directed & Written by ERIC KOLE
Mise-en-Scene ERIC KOLE, GUILLAUME MIQUEL
Starring ERIC KOLE, ANOUSHKA RAVANSHAD
and TCHEWK ESSAFI, DAVID CALVERA, SÉVERINE HINSCHBERGER,
SLIMANE CHEMOUNE, FRED NOBRE
Produced by ERIC KOLE, SERIAL PROD
Cinematography GUILLAUME MIQUEL
Edited by ELLIE JOHNSON
Original Soundtrack AMY SMITH
Production Manager BENOÎT PARROT
Assistant Director NASTASIA BEAUSEJOUR
Sound PASCAL BRICARD
"B" Camera CLARISSE BARREAU
Colorist MIKEY ROSSITER
Sound Designer ELLIOTT MALONE
Post-Prod Sound recordist CULLAN NDUMISO-NHARA
Foley Artist ALEX RICE
“... Excellent Performance”
“A stark melancholy drama with a warming core...”
“... Atmospheric”
“A light touch to deliver something heavy...”
“Nathan and Adrian are going for a drive as an undesirable secret is uncovered, irreversibly changing their relationship and their lives.”
Drama | 8mins | UK
“...another Brilliant piece of filmmaking.”
“A clever character driven story...”
“... a brutal, shocking film shot through with Elegiac Beauty,”
Written, Directed and Produced by ERIC KOLE
Starring ERIC KOLE, MICHAEL ADDO
Cinematography SAM EDMONDS
Edited by GREG HAYES
Original Music AMY SMITH
1st Assistant Director AARON AZIZ & GRANT SANDY-PHILLIPS
Camera Assistant BEN JONES
Grip HAMDI HASSAN-NUR
Colourist CHRIS FRANCIS
Sound Recordist FREDDIE Z ROCHE
Sound Design FABIEN DUDRAGNE
ADR Recordist CULLAN NDUMISO-NHARA
Prop Photographer JOE PAUL
Stills Photographer VIVIANA GOMEZ
Songs “SUPER” ©℗ 2014. Clay Willis Music (BMI)
Written, Composed & Performed by CLAY WILLIS.
Special Thanks
DOMINIC REEVE-TUCKER (FiLM Office)
CHRISTINA PICKWORTH (Southwark Film Office)
FAMILY EDITING
THE MILL
OTSO FILM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD POLICE STATION
CHRISTOPHER BELL
MARK RUDDOCK
DAN HIRST
ALICE PETIT
SALLY NGUYEN
EMMA BURRELL
Projects that I’m currently writing/developing…
HOMEGROWN
Crime/Drama | Feature Script | 98 pages
- Script Stage -
“A hardened police woman questions her values when she has to confront her far-right radical peers in order to save a child refugee and avert a twisted terrorist plot.”
Homegrown is a crime drama that explores the human instinct to protect what we love, juxtaposed with the destructive nature of xenophobia and terrorism.
Think Sicario meets Man on Fire, set in Luther’s neck of the woods.
Script available upon request
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Drama/Music | Feature Script
More info coming soon…