The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist

Shot on a shoestring budget in four days using old Russian film cameras, 'The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist' tells the (very) short story of a cinema projectionist who becomes infatuated with a siren-like actress who lures him into a film, only to betray him in order to escape the film and turn into colour. Featuring fantastic performances by acclaimed actor Nikolai Kinski (son of legendary actor Klaus Kinski) and Senta Dorothea Kirschner, the film is essentially a series of homage scenes ranging from the silent film of the early 1920s, to Technicolor 'sword and scandal' epics, to classical film noir. The story takes us from the laboratory of a mad scientist to the catacombs of ancient Rome to the streets of Nazi-occupied Europe in an authentic aesthetic crafted with meticulous attention to detail: 'The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist' was shot on 16mm film using vintage cameras from the former Soviet Union acquired on eBay, and was partially processed by hand using a Russian Lomo tank and a bathtub. Produced within a month on a non-existent budget, the film is testimony to the fact that it is possible to shoot on celluloid with restricted finances.