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Cross and Cave to Premiere at Olympic Park

Cross and Cave, a 5-minute film by emerging filmmaker Muzzammil Hashmi will premiere at a special event in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday. The film captures the making of a new piece of public art by Heather and Ivan Morison which is situated in the North Park on the former Olympic site.

Eelyn Lee was commissioned by A New Direction to produce the film whilst working with young filmmakers from east London. Eelyn collaborated with cinematographer Winstan Whitter in factilitating the making of the film and with Francis Morgan-Giles in post-production.

Watch the full film on Vimeo and the teaser film above. Both the artwork and the film were commissioned by LLDC [London Legacy Development Corporartion]. 

 

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