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International Competition Short Film 2020
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London Knowledge
Max Colson
Day and night, London taxi drivers are required to memorise 320 routes – a joke for the robot cars of the future. But there’s a lot more to the job than just getting people from A to B.

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UK
2020
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London Knowledge

London Knowledge
Max Colson
International Competition Short Film 2020
Animated Film
UK
2020
11 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

Since 1865, no cab driver in London has been able to omit “The Knowledge”. It requires the memorisation of 320 routes, an achievement that takes years, but has been made into a joke by the robot cars of the future. A flesh-and-blood cabby “interacts with people from all walks of life”, according to a brochure by Transport for London, and that’s “a lot more than just taking people from A to B”. Visually fascinating, Colson traces his interviewees’ mind maps of the city using the mapping technology of robot cars.

André Eckardt

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Director
Max Colson
Script
Max Colson, Bill McGrath, Nicky Walker
Cinematographer
Max Colson
Editor
Max Colson
Producer
Max Colson
Sound
Tim Kahn
Animation
Max Colson