Witching Hour

United Kingdom / Music Video / 00:03:47 min

“Witching Hour” tells the story of a soul bereaved. Through the narrative lens of a young man’s attending a pagan ritual, the video seeks to capture the toxic entrapment of grief colliding with the regenerative power of nature and femininity. With cinematography by Cannes alumnus Magda Kowalczyk, direction by multi-award winner Sasha Dulerayn and original costumes by the team behind “Mythosphere” (2021), Roshan Ruprai’s “Witching Hour” is an expression of grief in its essence.
Monday, 19th Aug. 20:00
Music 
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Film maker
Sasha Dulerayn

When Sasha Dulerayn Jr was 16 years old, he directed three short films for the award-winning contemporary opera "Drillalians" at the Electrotheatre Stanislavsky. In 2016, he acted in and co-directed Neil LaBute's "Bash" at the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival. In 2017, he directed his first original play, "Victory Day," at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in London for the Camden Fringe Festival. In 2018, Sasha wrote and directed his first feature film titled "Tummyache," which was completed in 2021 and has since won over a dozen awards at festivals around the world. In 2019, Sasha co-directed a series of experimental video materials titled "FORBIDDEN TV" for the multidisciplinary theatre show Mythosphere (Stone Nest, 2021). In 2022, he directed an experimental music video for Roshan Ruprai (whose previous work was shown in Tate Modern) called "Witching Hour," in collaboration with cinematographer Magda Kowalczyk (known for "Cow," 2021, directed by Andrea Arnold). This video was screened in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd as part of the HollyShorts Film Festival Monthly Series. Sasha's most recent short film, "Conflict," an 8-minute drama intertwining leaked nudes and nuclear war, screened at the Central Florida Film Festival, Topanga Film Festival, and most recently at the 26th Edition of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.