CIFF 2024: The Hunt For Gollum + Q&A
Chiswick in Film Festival returns for it’s third edition, championing the cinematic connections of our West London community.
The screening will be followed by a Q+A with director Chris Bouchard and the film’s Editor, Chiswick local Lewis Albrow to discuss the making of the film, the structuring and adaptation, and how it was very briefly cancelled when New Line announced Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis would be tackling the story.
CIFF celebrates films shot in Chiswick or made by Chiswick residents. Presented in partnership with The Chiswick Calendar, the festival team are Bridget Osborne, Chris Parker, Andrea Carnevali and Rob Sprackling. Chiswick in Film Festival 2024 is kindly sponsored by The London Bath Co. who offer superior service from design to installation. The festival season artwork is designed by Aguado Polo Design.
About the film:
Join us for an exclusive free screening of the award winning fan-made film, created from scratch by UK indie film makers as a tribute to The Lord of the Rings books and Peter Jackson’s films.
Faithfully based on appendices of Tolkien’s universally loved masterpiece, it tells the prequel story of how the wizard Gandalf, in fear for the location of the One Ring, sets ranger Aragorn on a quest to find the creature Gollum. An epic journey encountering orcs, elves and even a dark rider.
Shot on a shoestring in Epping Forest and Snowdonia, north Wales with VFX, music and post-production completed over several years, this not-for-profit labour of love was released free to the Internet in 2009. It has been viewed over 12 million times online and won awards including ‘Best Fiction Produced for the Web’, 2009 and Best Live Action at Balticon.
The screening will be followed by a Q+A with director Chris Bouchard and the film’s Editor, Chiswick local Lewis Albrow to discuss the making of the film, the structuring and adaptation, and how it was very briefly cancelled when New Line announced Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis would be tackling the story.
CIFF celebrates films shot in Chiswick or made by Chiswick residents. Presented in partnership with The Chiswick Calendar, the festival team are Bridget Osborne, Chris Parker, Andrea Carnevali and Rob Sprackling. Chiswick in Film Festival 2024 is kindly sponsored by The London Bath Co. who offer superior service from design to installation. The festival season artwork is designed by Aguado Polo Design.
About the film:
Join us for an exclusive free screening of the award winning fan-made film, created from scratch by UK indie film makers as a tribute to The Lord of the Rings books and Peter Jackson’s films.
Faithfully based on appendices of Tolkien’s universally loved masterpiece, it tells the prequel story of how the wizard Gandalf, in fear for the location of the One Ring, sets ranger Aragorn on a quest to find the creature Gollum. An epic journey encountering orcs, elves and even a dark rider.
Shot on a shoestring in Epping Forest and Snowdonia, north Wales with VFX, music and post-production completed over several years, this not-for-profit labour of love was released free to the Internet in 2009. It has been viewed over 12 million times online and won awards including ‘Best Fiction Produced for the Web’, 2009 and Best Live Action at Balticon.
Cast
Director
Chris Bouchard
Running Time
40 minutes