THE AIR WE BREATHE
A short film commissioned by Short Circuit and Screen Scotland/BFI Network through the Sharp Shorts funding scheme. Directed by Lucas Chih-Peng Kao, produced by Mark Lacey and Lindsay McGee. Grand Prize winner of The Script Lab’s Free Screenplay Contest 2023, from >11,700 international entries.
In a world where the air is so polluted you have to pay to breathe, a former activist plans to suicide-bomb an oxygen distribution company in a final act of protest, until an unexpected arrival on the day of her attack forces her to choose between her ideology and her humanity.
Photo by Robin Mair
CREW
Director: Lucas Chih-Peng Kao
Writer: Zoe Bullock
Producer: Mark Lacey
Producer: Lindsay McGee
Asst. Producer: Karen Kelly
DOP: Kirstin McMahon
Script Consultant: Victoria Evans
1st AD: Alison Piper
2nd AD: Kyle Williams
3rd AD: Eilidh Murdoch
1st AC/Focus: Stuart Anderson
2nd AC/Loader: Lauren Gardiner
Camera Trainee: Jen Martin
Steadicam Op: Scott Hunter
Grip: Thomas Wilshaw
DIT: Stephen Robertson
Location Manager: Meray Diner
Production Asst.: Amparo Fortuny
Production Asst.: Susana Jacinto
Key Floor Runner: Lauren Jackson
Floor Runner Trainee: Charlie Devlin
Electrical: John-Michael Kennedy
Production Runner/Driver: Iona Shanks
Script Supervisor: Ruby Naybour
Hair & Make Up Designer: Samantha Jack
Costume Designer: Mona Kastell
Costume Assistant: Alex Yates
Sound Recordist: Colin McKay
Production Designer: Aaron Close
Standby Art Director: Erin Dougherty
Dressing Props: Paul John Ross
Stills Photographer: Robin Mair
CAST
Natali McCleary
Brian Ferguson
Hannah Donaldson
Ryaan Ali
Baby Harvey