Lift

Marc Isaacs

UK / 2001/24

When filmmaker Marc Isaacs decided to make a documentary about a lift of a block of flats in London, he had no idea how the residents would react or what they would reveal about their lives. He simply settled into the elevator with his camera and waited for the right moment to ask questions. The result is both humorous and moving. All British society is captured in this microcosm and the simplest of approaches becomes a parable of multiculturalism.

AWARDS / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

BAFTA Awards TV nominated – Best New Director (factual) – Marc IsaacsClermont – Ferrand International Short Film Festival – Special Jury Prize Winner 

Producer:  Belinda Giles | Photography:  Marc Isaacs | Sound: Stuart Bruce and Nick Fry | Editing: Russell Crockett | 

Available from October 26th to November 1st, on the Virtual Theatre MIDBO for participants enrolled in the Seminar Thinking the real: Freedoms in Transit.