Hamish Anderson // Cinematographer

Dark Was The Night is a science fiction short (17mins) that tells the story of Vik and her father Wyatt, who are trapped in a crashed spaceship on the surface of a dark planet, void of life and light. Vik's mother has been missing since the crash, Wyatt claims that she abandoned them both to save herself. But soon mysterious transmissions begin to come through Vik's radio. A voice that sounds just like her mother, tells Vik to leave the ship, to go out into the darkness. Now Vik must decide whether to trust her father, or to follow the mysterious signal into the dark void that surrounds the ship.

Dark Was The Night was shot on Super 16mm Film.

Director // Sam McMullen