In January 2014, musician, DJ, singer and writer Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) teamed up with friend and acclaimed Irish film-maker and critic Mark Cousins ('The Story of Film: an Odyssey') to find a new talent to make a short film for the title-track for Watt's new solo album, 'Hendra' - his first for thirty-one years. After running a treatment competition, the winning script came from London-based screenwriter and Slow Cinema devotee, Rahim Moledina. Filmed in east London on a shoestring budget - and inspired by the lyrics of Watt's simple folk song about the dreams of his late sister, a rural postmistress and shopkeeper - the film, directed by Moledina himself, unsentimentally yet tenderly transposes the action and depicts a day in the life of an Asian shopkeeper. Cousins was soon calling it a 'mini-masterpiece' - high praise indeed from a man who has made one of the most celebrated documentaries on the history of cinema - the fifteen-hour epic 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey'. 'Hendra' is taken from Watt's upcoming album of the same name - in his own words 'a folk-rock album in an electronic age' - due out on his own new imprint, Unmade Road through Caroline on Apr 29. Song written and sung by Ben Watt Film written and directed by Rahim Moledina Filmed and Edited by Alex Oliver Produced and Colour Graded by Sammy Patterson An Unmade Road Film 'Hendra' is the title-track from my new solo album. Non-North American fans can now get it on iTunes and pre-order the album (out Apr 14) here - http://po.st/HendraiYT Pre-order other formats: Deluxe CD Album - http://po.st/HendraAmzDeluxe Standard CD Album - http://po.st/HendraAmzCD Vinyl Album - http://po.st/HendraAmzVinyl **For North American fans 'Hendra' (track) will be on US iTunes from Mar 11 with the album out on Apr 29. North American CD and vinyl links to follow.** Follow Ben Watt online: Live Dates: http://po.st/BenWattLive Website: http://po.st/BenWattWeb Youtube: http://po.st/BenWattYT Facebook: http://po.st/BenWattFB Twitter: http://po.st/BenWattTW Soundcloud: http://po.st/BenWattSC Tumblr http://po.st/BenWattTBL
