Specky
Director: Anne-Claire Pilley
Synopsis
A short documentary musing how short-sighted people could have survived the Stone Age. Through a series of experiments involving her specky relatives, the director illustrates how speckies see the world and finds out whether she can improve her own speckiness through ‘eyerobics’.
About the director
According to the filmmakers
“Specky is my first film. I’m very proud of it and I’m really grateful to the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation for giving me the opportunity to make it.”
- "Thoroughly engaging" Robbie Coltrane
- Talent Award, Birds Eye View Festival Winner
- BBC Films Most Promising UK Nominee
- Scottish BAFTA awards New Talent category; Best Producer and Best New Work Winner
- Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
- Raindance Film Festival
- Sheffield Documentary Film Festival
- Australian International Film Festival