Never cursed
A couple, bound and undone by love, drifts endlessly through a timeless void.
Affection and cruelty entwine, love lingers - but in what form? Never Cursed is a hypnotic meditation on desire and detachment.
Cast
Rebecca Metcalfe Cortese
Keaton Guimarães-Tolley
Details
Short film
Duration 18 min
Genre Experimental, Romance
Production 2024
Currently in post-production
Country London, United Kingdom & Turkey
Crew
Writer, Director Hazal Aztekin
Producer Hazal Aztekin, Cordelia Lawler
Cinematographer Cordelia Lawler
Editor Üni So
Editor Yiwei Pu
Editor Ilina Bhatia
Sound Design Gustave Robic
1st AD Edie Hecht
Hair and Make Up Alice Fletcher
Movement Director Georgia Marshall
Casting Fran Cattaneo
Casting Hazal Aztekin
1st AC Joshua Baylis
Steadicam Operator Ryan Adams
Sound Recordist Charlie Smith
Gaffer Gonçalo Lopes
Camera Assistant Sofia Soto
Behind The Scenes Photographer Amelia Pitcher
Production Assistant Theo Harhalakis
Poster and Title Design Štěpán Sova
VFX Artist Abe Naisent
Location Ormside Projects.
Thank you Metin and Belgin Aztekin
Thank you Gaia Parolini
Thank you Elli Apostolakopoulou
Stills from the film
Never Cursed Main Poster
Never Cursed Alernative Poster
The name is a direct reference to & from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread.
Treatment Design
Behind The Scenes Photographs
