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Until the River Runs Red

Sixteen-year-old Chloe is the only daughter of God. Travelling around with her parents, Jack and Kate, she spends her days roaming the secluded countryside searching for the mythical “Red River”. As Chloe’s story unfolds we realize the truth of what brought them there.

  • United Kingdom
  • 2010, 27 min
  • Director: Paul Wright
  • Director of photography: Annika Summerson
  • Editor: Michael Aaglund
  • Screenplay: Paul Wright
  • Music: Jean-Marc Petsas
  • Cast: Emma True, Gillian Bradbury, Charlotte Donnelly, Andy Gathergood, Hannah Moss
  • Contacts: Lorna Archibald
  • Producer: Poss Kondeatis
  • Production: National Film and Television School


Paul Wright

Paul Wright (1981, Scotland) graduated from the RSAMD in Glasgow where his first film, Hikikomori, won the Scottish Bafta for Best New Work followed by a Bafta nomination in 2007 for Best Short Film. The film also won Best Drama at the regional and national Royal Television Society awards. The same year, he was named as one of Screen Internationals 'Stars of Tomorrow'. In 2009, he made Believe, which won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at Locarno Film Festival as well as major awards at Winterthur, Miami and Leeds International Film Festival. The film was also shown at Edinburgh and London Film Festivals.
In 2010, Photos of God was in competition for the Golden Bear at Berlinale shorts and Until the River Runs Red was also shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He is based in London and is currently developing his first feature film Warp.