Hi r/movies! We’re Rich Williamson & Shasha Nakhai. Our film BOTS just premiered at TIFF and is now available for free on YouTube. We also made SCARBOROUGH (TIFF People's Choice Runner Up in 2021), TAKE LIGHT, and FRAME 394. Ask us anything!

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About the film:

A unit of dedicated bots scheme chaos and divisiveness from their office desks in Rich Williamson’s wickedly humorous and sharp satirical take on the absurd amount of power relinquished to the unhinged forces steering world politics.

• Written and directed by Rich Williamson
• Story and Concept by Paul Holub and Rich Williamson
• Produced by Shasha Nakhai
• Starring Tim Dowler-Coltman, Dillon Casey, Suzanne Pratley, Christian Meer, Adam Fawns,
• Alexandra Rada, and Gordon S. Miller

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Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/m1XAKGboG24

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Watch the film: https://youtu.be/75CtJktAE2w

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About us:

Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson are Toronto-based filmmakers with Compy Films. Our scripted and unscripted work has taken us to the Hawaiian coastline, the ski slopes of Davos, a Cold War bunker, the engine room of a decaying ship, Philippine sugar mills and the front lines of Nigeria’s energy crisis.

Our body of work over the past 15 years includes the TIFF breakout hit SCARBOROUGH, adapted from the novel by Catherine Hernandez, and the Oscar-shortlisted FRAME 394.

Our work has:

• Screened at festivals worldwide
• Aired on the BBC, CBC, ZDF and Arte
• Been named TIFF's Top 10
• Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
• Released on Crave, Apple TV, iTunes, Prime Video, Tubi, Kanopy and Paramount+
• Gone viral and been awarded Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week
• Nominated for 17 Canadian Screen Awards, with 8 wins including Best Picture
• Shortlisted for an Academy Award (Oscar)

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Past credits:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083808/ + https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4365701/

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We’ll be back at 3pm ET today (Wednesday, Sep 17) to answer your questions. No bots allowed!