Wood for the Trees

2019, 4 minutes

When four retirees realise they are lost in the woods, Carol attempts to use her new smartphone to find a way out of the darkness, inadvertently beginning a social media live stream instead.

When four retirees realise they are lost in the woods, Carol attempts to use her new smartphone to find a way out of the darkness, inadvertently beginning a social media live stream instead. Oblivious to the presence of a gathering online audience, the situation quickly devolves as panic sets in, relationship issues rise to the surface, and just where did the home button go? Wood for the Trees is a black comedy satirising themes of the generation gap, disillusionment, and genuine anxiety over technology, social media and the wider future to communicate the absurd and uneasy headspace of 2019 Britain.

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