The Bedfords

Release Date: tbc   Principal cast:   Ewan Stewart, Katy Barker, Hugh Ross   Genre: Short Film   Production Company: Brocken Spectre   Director: Henry Coombes   Producer: Ciara Barry   DoP:Benjamin Kracun

Plot: Edwin Landseer, the premier landscape and naturalist painter of his age, is asked by the Duke of Bedford to paint a family portrait at their home in the Highlands. An affair between Landseer and the Duchess is just the beginning of the strange story that unfolds in this short film by artist Henry Coombes.

Graded on Quantel iQ with 2K Digital Projection to a 7m x 3m cinema screen.

Scanned and filmed out at Dragon DI on ARRIScan and ARRILaser, some VFX. Shot on 16mm, The Bedford's is a low budget short film given a big budget feature workflow giving this slick, Lynch-esque short the level of quality it deserves.