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Sleeping Rough film gets Watershed screening as part of Homeless Awareness Week

#SleepingRoughFilm gets @wshed screening as part of Homeless Awareness Week #HomelessBristol #HAW2018 @sleeproughfilm @pastlespro

Sleeping Rough, a story of homelessness, is getting its first public screening at Bristol’s Watershed cinema as part of Homeless Awareness Week, alongside a performance from Cardboard Citizens, followed by a Q&A featuring director Owain Astles, as well as other experts on homelessness.

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Sleeping Rough: ambitious film on homelessness takes real stories from the street

Sleeping Rough: ambitious film on homelessness takes real stories from the street

When we caught up with filmmaker Owain Astles about his Exeter Phoenix bursary micro short The Hardest Fight, we took the opportunity to ask about another of the films, Sleeping Rough, which is set to get its first airing.

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The Hardest Fight: Owain Astles explores mental health and boxing in Exeter Phoenix bursary short

The Hardest Fight: Owain Astles explores mental health and boxing in Exeter Phoenix bursary short

A young boxer fighting depression in the run-up to his first fight is Owain Astles’ Exeter Phoenix bursary winning short The Hardest Fight.

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The Hardest Fight: help fund a mental health and boxing short

The Hardest Fight: help fund a mental health and boxing short

The Hardest Fight is Owain Astles’ film about ‘a young boxer struggling against depression in the lead up to their first fight’. To help get the short made, the filmmakers are looking to crowdfund some extra finance.

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Freedom and film: work experience and telling stories

Freedom and film: work experience and telling stories

When we caught up with Owain Astles about his new micro short, an Exeter Phoenix bursary film, he was telling us how impressed he was with the work experience people he was mentoring.

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Sleeping Rough film aims to tackle prejudice and raise awareness

Sleeping Rough film aims to tackle prejudice and raise awareness

Owain Astles first took to the streets of Bristol to film interviews with homeless people in an attempt to counter the negativity he’d come across, but he had no idea of the reaction he’d get, or what his Sleeping Rough film would grow into.

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Challenging the ordinary: Owain Astles aims to shine a light on real stories, real people and real issues

Challenging the ordinary: Owain Astles aims to shine a light on real stories, real people and real issues

In just a few hours, Owain Astles faces a night of filming in the woods but he doesn’t seem fazed. He’s bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and sharing his enthusiasm for filmmaking.

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Urgent casting call for young male

Urgent casting call for young male

Director Owain Astles and Producers Elliott Wright (Dawlish: The Great Storm) and Simeon Costello (Written in Blood, Magpies, Nowhere Place) are urgently looking for a 16 – 25-year-old male available at the end of July for their film Kids.

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