Beyond the Horizon

An exploration of the ups and downs of the creative process and the fruit of director Charlie Clift's collaboration with composer Segun Akinola and choreographer Demi Rox.

Rox cuts a lone figure against the austere dunes as she combines hip hop, freestyle, and classical dance to Akinola’s cello score written for the film. She begins calm and collected, flowing over the dunes but as the music becomes increasingly frantic, so does her dance: grappling with self-doubt, struggling against the obstacles thrown her way. At the end, as the soundscape expands, she is triumphant

Directed by Charlie Clift

Choreographed by Demi Rox

Music by Segun Akinola

Editor - Gary Askham

Solo Cello - David Cohen

Cinematographer - Natalja Safronova

Cinematography Advisor - Martyna Knitter

First Camera Assistant - Henry Owen

Focus Puller - Stuart Went

Aerial Cinematography - AVM Visuals

Grading - Alex Berry at Quality Control

Styling - Olliver Sharp

Make Up - Helen Roche

Sound Design and Foley- Chris Humfryes

Musical recording - Nick Taylor

Musical Mix - Goetz Botzenhardt

Producer - Charlie Clift

Production Assistant - Philip Hardman

Unit photographer - Phil H Photography

Casting - AKJ Agency

Location - Camber Sands, 1066 Film Office

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