Lost Letters and Where Do They Go - Director

LOST LETTERS

AND WHERE DO THEY GO

UK | 2022 | Colour | 9 min 50 sec | Director

Short Film

Rupert Bell, a 7 years-old aspiring pilot, is bored at home when the mailman arrives with a miss-addressed letter. When Rupert ventures out onto the streets on a mission to find the right addressee - an apparent grumpy old lady named Clarabella - he finds out that first impressions can be miss-leading and that they actually share a mutual passion.

This was my graduation film for my Master at Kingston University.

Lost Letters and Where Do They Go trailer

This film is about loneliness and friendship - and how can they have many different shapes. This film is also about a highly observant child, who sees the world in a very unique way and about an odd friendship that is formed between two people who are in opposite sides of the spectrum of life - a young boy an elderly lady.

Through Rupert’s little adventure - the plot of the film is Rupert venturing out alone on the streets to deliver the letter - I aimed to portray the world through a child’s point-of-view. The genre is drama, but I did want it to have a up-beat tone, however I do believe there’s an intrinsic feeling of loneliness that underlies the whole film and that is present in both characters.