Paul Harnden

Pill Factory

With its pervy camera work and hand processed roughness Pill Factory presents a brief glimpse into a secret world of pharmaceuticals and dust masks. Shot clandestinely on 16mm through an incorrectly installed one way mirrored window, the workers remain oblivious to being filmed as they mix their potions.

The Gooseherd

With its long takes and solemn depiction of memory and dreams, Harnden once again creates another off beat slow cinema delight.

Analysis of Leather

Roving, detecting, strobing. The short film features a soundtrack by Ian Helliwell.

May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last

May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of All Your Many Days As It Will Be Your Last (2009, co-directed with Paul Harnden) shakily shows cloaked figures moving through woods, followed by soldiers, and seeking quiet places to read, seemingly in escape from some kind of disaster. A metallic ring obscures words spoken offscreen; wind blows through shimmering trees. It’s only occasionally that we see faces beneath their cloaks—a solemn old man, a blankly gazing old woman.