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Grand Theft Hamlet

Feature length film Completed 2024

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Director

Pinny Grylls

Director

Sam Crane

Producer

Julia Ton

Producer

Rebecca Wolff

Doc Society helped with

Production

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the chaotic video game.

2024 BIFA (United Kingdom) - Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary 2024 BIFA (United Kingdom) - Raindance Maverick Award 2025 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards () - Best First Documentary Feature 2025 London Critics Circle Film Awards () - Documentary of the Year SXSW 2024 • Premiere • Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary BFI London Film Festival 2024 • Premiere

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