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Where the project has been

Production still from a market presentation
Festival14–18 June 2023

Eye Catcher Global 2023

“I Thought You Were Real” was presented at Eye Catcher Global 2023 between 14 and 18 June. The market was the project's first public outing and produced the first serious co-production conversations — two of which are still running.

Festival
14–18 June 2023

Eye Catcher Global 2023

The project's first market presentation, and the beginning of the European side of the co-production.

Production
Spring 2026

Camera tests completed

Three days of tests across two locations locked the film's focal length, its lighting grammar and its decision to work without artificial fill.

The visual language
Funding
Ongoing

Kickstarter campaign live

Crowdfunding covers the production block of the short film. Backers receive a private link before any festival submission.

About the short
Production
2026

Short film enters production

A fourteen-minute adaptation drawn from the feature's second movement goes into a six-day shooting schedule.

Production
January 2026

On-set care protocols published

The production's written protocols for working with traumatic material were finalised and made public before principal photography.

Read the protocols
Funding
2026

Co-production structure agreed

The Hong Kong and European entities settled a working structure — the paperwork took longer than the second draft of the script.

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