The Veiled City
United Kingdom / Experimental / 12'54"/ 16mm / Black-White / 2023
A speculative city symphony inspired by London’s Great Smog of 1952. Merging reality with fiction, The Veiled City invites us to understand the smog in the context of the present-day climate crisis.
Director: Natalie Cubides-Brady
Script: Natalie Cubides-Brady, Alfie Spencer
Director of Photography: Jax Harney, Natalie Cubides-Brady
Producer: Jacob Swan Hyam, Hannah Bush Bailey
Music: Athena Varosio
Editing: Ona Bartroli
Sound: Ben Goodall
Cast: Aerynne Eastwood
CV
Nataie Cubides-Brady was born in London, UK in 1981, she studied documentary film directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Her short documentary Beyond the North Winds screened at festivals including Sundance London, Visions du Réel and Edinburgh and won the prize for Best Short Screenplay at the Poitiers Film Festival. Having participated in Berlinale Talents in 2021, she is currently developing her debut feature-length film.
Filmography
2018 After the Silence
2019 Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie
2023 The Veiled City
Festivals Attended
Berlinale, Shorts Competition, 2023
Vienna Shorts, International Competition, Austrian Premiere 2023
Curtas Vila do Conde, International Competition 2023
Sundance London, UK Premiere 2023
Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2023
FIDBA, International Shorts Competition, Latin American Premiere 2023
Uppsala Short Film Festival, International Competition 2023
Archivio Aperto, International Competition, Italian Premiere 2023
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Documentary Competition 2023
Zinebi Bilbao, International Competition, Spanish Premiere 2023
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, International Competition, Swiss Premiere 2023
Interfilm Berlin, International Competition 2023
Short Film Festival Cologne, Best of Fests 2023
London Short Film Festival, UK Competition 2024
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Documentary Competition, Australia 2024
Vilnius Short Film Festival, International Competition, Lithuania 2024
Tampere Film Festival, International Competition, Finland 2024
Awards
Best Documentary, Curtas Vila do Conde (2023)
Mikeldi for Best Documentary Short Film, Zinebi Bilbao (2023)