THE GRANNIES (2021)
2-channel documentary short | 16:34

A documentary short film. A group of players venture beyond the boundaries of the video game Red Dead Online (Rockstar Games, 2018). Peeking behind the curtain of the game’s virtual world they discover a captivating and ethereal space that reveals the humanity and materiality of digital creations.
Director — MARIE FOULSTON
Producers — MARIE FOULSTON, NICK MURRAY
Editor — LUKE NEHER
Music — SAM GILL, LUKE NEHER
Starring  — Kalonica Quigley, Andrew Brophy, Marigold Bartlett, Ian MacLarty
Visuals captured from — Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games, USA, 2018)
Original interview conducted by — Angelica Norgren for P3 SPEL
screenings & installations
2023 — International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
2023 — Now Play This: Somerset House, London
2022 — Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI) 
2022 — Fantastic Fest, Austin (North American Premiere)
2022 — Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR)
2022 — The Milan Machinima Festival
2022 — London Short Film Festival (UK Premiere)
2021 — International Short Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (World Premiere)

press
"...the glitchy event horizon of Rockstar’s virtual-western epic” - The Guardian