Sara Taleghani ponders the price of a life
In a dark and dystopian short for The Mayor’s Fund for London, a young woman loses her grip on reality as she struggles with the soaring cost of living.
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- Director Sara Taleghani
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Untold Studios
- Director Sara Taleghani
- Editorial tenthree
- VFX Untold Studios
- Executive Producer Freddie Barrass
- Producer Edward Lloyd
- DP Harry Blackley
- DP Arushi Chugh
- Sound Eduardo Phul
- Art Director Lilly Caccia
- Assistant Editor Ella Oliver
- Producer Jordan Malonga
- VFX Supervisor Tom Humphrey
- VFX Supervisor Adam Barker
- VFX Artist Jiwon Chun
- Colorist Jax Harney
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Untold Studios
- Director Sara Taleghani
- Editorial tenthree
- VFX Untold Studios
- Executive Producer Freddie Barrass
- Producer Edward Lloyd
- DP Harry Blackley
- DP Arushi Chugh
- Sound Eduardo Phul
- Art Director Lilly Caccia
- Assistant Editor Ella Oliver
- Producer Jordan Malonga
- VFX Supervisor Tom Humphrey
- VFX Supervisor Adam Barker
- VFX Artist Jiwon Chun
- Colorist Jax Harney
Titled Out of Reach, this hard-hitting campaign, directed by rising Untold Studios director Sara Taleghani for The Mayor’s Fund for London, poignantly depicts the reality of the cost of living crisis.
Surreal visuals and special effects blend with repetitive prose to portray a young woman stuck in an endless loop of anxiety over increasing rent, food insecurity, and soaring domestic bills.
Each time she returns to the supermarket, her shopping becomes less and less accessible. Products cling to the shelves, get smaller and run away from her basket until reality is indistinguishable from a nightmare.