Ben Willis is an art student who works the night shift several times a week at the Whitechapel Sainsbury's.
He's clear about the arrangement: he trades his time for money - cashback, as he calls it.
We meet his co-workers, Sharon, Barry, and Matt, and their supervisor, Jenkins. Ben's colleagues are good at wasting time, but Ben talks to us about how he makes his shift go faster: by imagining that time has stopped. We see this late-night world of drudgery through Ben's eyes, as time does indeed stop, and he can get out his sketch book.
PRIZES/AUSZEICHNUNGEN (für den SHORTFILM/Kurzfilm)
- Best European Short Film Festival (Grand Prix)
- Chicago International Film Festival (Gold Hugo)
- Leuven International Short Film Festival (Publikumspreis)
- Lille International Short Film Festival (erster Preis)
- Tribeca Film Festival
- FIKE 2005 Évora International Short Film Festival (Publikumspreis)
TRIVIA:
- The short film was filmed over four nights in Sainsbury's Whitechapel branch in London. The crew filmed while the store was closed from 10pm - 6am.
- There was no CGI used in the short and all the effects are in camera effects.
- The feature length version which includes the original short within its running time was already complete when it was announced that the short had been nominated for an Oscar.
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