Ripple

Martin is driving to visit his girlfriend when an egg thrown from a bridge hits his windscreen. This one small random act of malice sets in motion a domino run of catastrophes and coincidences that sends Martin’s day spiralling out of control and pushes him to the edge of reason.

Film notes

Ripple is a black comedy about the randomness of fate and what happens to ordinary people when they come under extreme pressure.
It was made in 2 days and 4 nights with 7 great actors, 30 talented crew, 1 dog, 1 chicken, 12 eggs and with 1 goal in mind, to entertain.

black comedy

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28 August 2010

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7 September 2009

Ripple has received a new award at Kansk International Video Festival. | more...

3 September 2009

Ripple has received a new award at MCM Filmfest. | more...

19 July 2009

Ripple has received a new award at Calgary Underground Film Festival. | more...

7 May 2009

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Awards and nominations

Best Comedy

12^th LA Shorts Fest | 2008

2nd Prize TCM Classic Shorts Competition

52^nd London Film Festival | 2008

Audience Award

9^th Filmstock International Film Festival | 2008

Audience Award - European Competition

14^th Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven | 2008

International Short Film Festival Leuven

3rd Place - Short Films

8^th Anchorage International Film Festival | 2008

Grand Prize - Short Films

New York Festivals: Film and Video Competition | 2009

Best Narrative Short Film

6^th Calgary Underground Film Festival | 2009

Best Short Film

Mexico International Film Festival | 2009

Best Acting

5^th MCM Filmfest: International Short Film Festival | 2009

3rd Place

8^th Kansk International Video Festival | 2009

Audience Award

8^th Silhouette Short Film Festival | 2009

Previous screenings

2008

5^th London Short Film Festival

4 Jan – 13 Jan | London, United Kingdom

9^th Britspotting: British and Irish Film Festival

10 Apr – 7 May | Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Germany

20^th Filmfest Dresden: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival

Filmfest Dresden: International Festival for Animation and Short Films

15 Apr – 20 Apr | Dresden, Germany

11^th Newport International Film Festival

3 Jun – 8 Jun | Newport, United States

Super Shorts International Film Festival

1 Jul – 6 Jul | London, United Kingdom

12^th LA Shorts Fest

15 Aug – 21 Aug | Hollywood, United States

Best Comedy

14^th Palm Springs International ShortFest

21 Aug – 27 Aug | Palm Springs, United States

9^th Moondance International Film Festival

29 Aug – 1 Sep | Boulder, United States

13^th Milano Film Festival

12 Sep – 21 Sep | Milano, Italy

28^th Cambridge Film Festival

18 Sep – 28 Sep | Cambridge, United Kingdom

11^th Manhattan Short Film Festival

21 Sep – 28 Sep | Manhattan, United States

1^st Branchage: Jersey International Film Festival

25 Sep – 28 Sep | St Helier, United Kingdom

19^th New Orleans Film Festival

9 Oct – 16 Oct | New Orleans, United States

52^nd London Film Festival

15 Oct – 30 Oct | London, United Kingdom

2nd Prize TCM Classic Shorts Competition

9^th Uluslararasi Izmir Kisa Film Festivali

International Izmir Short Film Festival

3 Nov – 9 Nov | Izmir, Turkey

24^th Interfilm: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin

Interfilm: International Short Film Festival Berlin

4 Nov – 9 Nov | Berlin, Germany

9^th Filmstock International Film Festival

6 Nov – 16 Nov | Luton, United Kingdom

Audience Award

23^rd Festival Europeen du Film Court de Brest

Brest European Short Film Festival

8 Nov – 16 Nov | Brest, France

14^th Encounters Short Film Festival

18 Nov – 23 Nov | Bristol, United Kingdom

14^th Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven

International Short Film Festival Leuven

29 Nov – 6 Dec | Leuven, Belgium

Audience Award - European Competition

8^th Anchorage International Film Festival

5 Dec – 14 Dec | Anchorage, United States

3rd Place - Short Films

2009

24^th Santa Barbara International Film Festival

22 Jan – 1 Feb | Santa Barbara, United States

New York Festivals: Film and Video Competition

5 Feb – 6 Feb | New York, United States

Grand Prize - Short Films

13^th Sofia International Film Festival

28 Feb – 18 Mar | Sofia, Bulgaria

12^th Bermuda International Film Festival

20 Mar – 28 Mar | Hamilton, Bermuda

6^th Calgary Underground Film Festival

14 Apr – 19 Apr | Calgary, Canada

Best Narrative Short Film

12^th Brussels Short Film Festival

30 Apr – 10 May | Brussels, Belgium

United Film Festivals

30 Apr – 7 May | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tulsa, Chicaco, New York, London, United States

6^th Naoussa International Film Festival

7 May – 10 May | Naoussa, Greece

Mexico International Film Festival

28 May – 30 May | Rosarito, Mexico

Best Short Film

49^th Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy

Krakow International Short Film Festival

29 May – 4 Jun | Krakow, Poland

5^th MCM Filmfest: International Short Film Festival

3 Jul – 17 Jul | Venlo, Netherlands

Best Acting

SSG Summer Shorts Fest

24 Jul – 26 Jul | Beverly Hills, United States

7^th Cinefiesta: Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Puerto Rico

27 Jul – 2 Aug | San Juan, Puerto Rico

33^rd Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt

13 Aug – 17 Aug | Weiterstadt, Germany

8^th Kansk International Video Festival

23 Aug – 29 Aug | Kansk, Russia

3rd Place

8^th Silhouette Short Film Festival

29 Aug – 6 Sep | Paris, France

Audience Award

11^th 24fps International Short Film Festival

22 Oct – 24 Oct | Abilene, United States

39^th Alcine: Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares

6 Nov – 14 Nov | Madrid, Spain

15^th Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven

International Short Film Festival Leuven

28 Nov – 5 Dec | Leuven, Belgium

27 + 1 Short Film Festival

4 Dec – 6 Dec | Moscow, Russia

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REVIEW

“... "Ripple" (waterfall) is a black comedy about chance and fate inspired one day in the life of filmmaker, led by the Coen brothers' slapstick and imbued with the great personality of Billy Wilder. Just that. ...”

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24 Sep 2009 | Formatcourt.com

REVIEW

“... But the best of the bunch was Ripple, a funny, nightmarish account of an everyman whose life is cruelly and quickly thrown off-track after someone throws an egg on his windshield while he drives to meet his girlfriend in the country. Directed with a sure ...”

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19 Apr 2009 | Eric Volmers | Calgary Herald

REVIEW

“... Short films, especially in recent years, have become notorious for being self-indulgent bundles of pretentious meaninglessness; often lacking a (coherent) plot, so that the more deluded and intellectually insecure among us might find meaning where there i ...”

Rating: 8/10

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18 Mar 2009 | imdb

ARTICLE

“... Black comedy Ripple (UK), directed by Paul Gowers came second and tells the story of an ...”

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30 Oct 2008 | TCM Classic Shorts Competition

REVIEW

“... This is a wonderful little film. Edgy, funny, unpredictable and at times quite uncomfortable. The director describes it thus: 'one ordinary man, one chicken, one egg, one extraordinary day'. Interesting story of how one bad event follows another and anoth ...”

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2 Oct 2008 | For The Love of Film