Rumble
A deaf boxer must decide whether to give up the sport he loves in favour of an operation that could allow him to hear for the first time.
Written and Directed by Matthew Hopper
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Official Selections
Phoenix Film Festival
Sao Paulo Short Film Festival
East End Film Festival
Manchester International Film Festival (Jury Special Mention)
Cast
Cal Davis — Alexander Shenton
Ben Davis — John Macdonald
Luke McGarel — Joshua Nixon-Hill
Helen Davis — Heather Bleasdale
Doctor — William Ludwig
Nurse — Reena Lalbihari
Sign Language Interpreter — Rob Troy
Boxing Trainer — Ashley Sheehan
Produced by — Luke Mortimer, Matthew Hopper, Emily Vincent
Executive Producers — William Gerber, Mark Willett, Jack Lightfoot
Production Designer — Virginia Reina
Director of Photography —James Westbrook
Costume Designer — Oliver Garcia
Hair and Make Up Artist — Alice Howlett
Edited by — Ben Cowan and Matthew Hopper
Music – Nathan Klein
Supervising Sound Editor and Dubbing Mixer – Ania Przygoda
Crew
1st Assistant Director – Dario Cappellini
Art Director — Kirsty Proctor
Art Department Assistants — Daisy Wormell, Louis Hudson, Hayley Garwood
Graphic design — Finn O’Brien
Storyboard Artist — Alex Demetris
1st Camera Assistant — James Leckey
2nd Camera Assistant / Loader —Alex Finlayson
Camera Trainee — Jack Reynolds
Unit Photographers — Benjamin Horrillo, Samuel Dore
Gaffer — Martin Kloud
Best boy (Lighting) — Vincent Edwards
Sound Mixer — Pietro Giordano
Boom operator — Robert Copland
Costume Assistant — Kristen Ernst-Brown
Catering — Katie’s kitchen
Company Chef — Katie Andrew
Deaf Consultant — Samuel Dore
Sign Language Interpreters — Rob Troy, Nicola Williams
Post Production
Assistant Editor — Emily Vincent
Post Production Assistant — Reem Al-Awadhi
Colourist and Online Edit — Toby Tomkins
Title design and visual effects artist — Ben Cowan
Additional music – Tom Floyd
Cellist – George Cooke
Press Kit Design — Finn O’Brien
Promotional Photography — Benjamin Horrillo
Very Special Thanks
Tina Teasdale
Special Thanks
The Hopper Family, the Mortimer family, the Vincent family, Jack Lightfoot, Blindeye Films, Finn O’Brien, Wez Lucas, Combat Company Richmond, Iain Macdonald, Leigh Barnett, Josh Barnett, Harrison Chalmers, Amy Dilorenzo, Gurvir Dhillon, Indy Hair, the University of West London, Film Mixer, Goodwin Promotions – Olivia Goodwin, Steve Goodwin, Josh Goodwin, Dani Kennard, York Hall, Sarah Richardson Horrillo, Carlos Horrillo, Shephard Management, Neath Films, Maverick Litch eld-Kelly, Brixton market, Claire Parsons at Arri, idailies, Dan Crussell, Phoebe Davey, Morgan Franklin, Eva Sigurdardottir.
Kickstarter Backers
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