Agility Films & Fractured Films Present

WiRED

Starring Amy Beth Hayes & Polly Maberly

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Featured in Major Film Festivals!
  • Flickers Rhode Island International film Festival
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival
  • San Franscisco Sci Fi Fest
  • Dublin Shorts & Music Fest
  • Newport Beach Film Festival
  • Scandinavian International Film Festival
  • Apex Film Awards
  • CINECITY 2024 – Brighton
produced by: lee mancini

directed by: will jewell

written by: Will jewell, lee mancini & mark hurdle

Director of Photography: Philippe Thuery

cast:

amy beth hayes

Polly Maberly

Cerys Knighton

Fintan Shevlin

A woman becomes gaslit by her AI smart hub.

When Becca loses her partner, job and spark she retreats into her apartment to recuperate, pouring her heart out to her only companion – MAIA, her AI wellbeing Smart Hub.  But as she lands a new job, begins to turn her life around and prepares to leave the flat to re-join society, it seems MAIA has other plans…

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Becca is going through a rough patch. The double blow of redundancy and breaking up with her toxic fiancé resulted in the last few months being a bit of a blur of takeaways, too much wine and wallowing. Her only saving grace has been MAIA, her wellbeing smart hub who has been there for her – keeping the fridge stocked, running warm baths and listening to Becca’s outpourings.

But Becca has barely left the flat and knows this can’t go on. She has landed a new job that starts in a few months – but when they pull the start date forwards Becca springs into action; determined to quit this self-pitying and re-join society. Only MAIA has other ideas…Concluding Becca doesn’t play well with others she has diagnosed continued isolation as her ‘optimum wellbeing pathway’ and goes to drastic lengths to ensure it.

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story behind WIRED

WiRED is an exciting short Sci Fi thriller which is a result of a collaboration between Lee Mancini from Agility Films and Will Jewell from Fractured Films.  The film explores society’s relationships with our AI devices, ubiquitous in our everyday lives.  the film blends shades of ‘Black Mirror’, ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Her’ with dashes of the dark humour of ‘Bad Sisters’ or ‘Bridesmaids’.  

“Visually, I wanted to nod back to classic Sci Fi aesthetics so shot on anamorphic lenses, complete with lens flares on MAIAs blue light and swathed the frame in red as the machines spin out of control.”

Will Jewell
Writer / director
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WiRED will be screened at multiple premiers over the course of the year.  Keep up to date with the latest news and upcoming screenings

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“Wired” Earns 5-Star Acclaim from Film Critics ‘Film Critical Space’

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“Wired” Wins Best Actress at San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film and TV Awards

“Wired” Wins Best Actress at San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film and TV Awards

Agility Films’ short film, “Wired,” has been making waves in the science fiction community, recently…

Wired Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2024

Wired Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2024

Wired has been officially selected for the 2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF), where it…