Not The House

Kays compulsive property viewing becomes a problem when a supernatural estate agent forces her to start a new life in an empty house A short film written in response to MannBooker Prize winner Marieke Lucas Rijnevelds original short story of the same title Both pieces commissioned by writing platform Alexander alxrcom The process behind this film was an unusual but very stimulating one I was asked to make a film to exist as a companion piece for Mariekes new story but rather than simply adapting it for screen I was invited to interpret reimagine it in whatever way I wished This freedom allowed for a really interesting creative process and has lead to an outcome where we have two brand new wholly distinct stories that are nonetheless unmistakably close cousins sharing a huge amount of creative and thematic DNA After you watch the film I encourage you to read Mariekes story its great and you might enjoy exploring the crossover of the two things