The Voorman Problem

The Voorman Problem
Film poster
Directed byMark Gill
Written byMark Gill
Baldwin Li
Based onnumber9dream
by David Mitchell
Produced byBaldwin Li
Lee Thomas
StarringMartin Freeman
Tom Hollander
CinematographyPhil Wood
Edited byMark Gill
Baldwin Li
Music byMark Gill
Release dates
  • 1 October 2011 (2011-10-01) (Warsaw Film Festival)
  • 25 April 2013 (2013-04-25) (United Kingdom)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Voorman Problem is a 2011 British short film directed by Mark Gill, who also co-wrote the screenplay and edited the film with producer Baldwin Li, who also wrote the score. It is adapted from "Panopticon", a film within a story from the 2001 novel number9dream by David Mitchell, with Martin Freeman starring as a prison psychiatrist, and Tom Hollander as his patient.[1]

The film premiered at the 2011 Warsaw Film Festival.[2] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.[3]

  1. ^ "Cast & Crew". thevoormanproblem.com.
  2. ^ "News – Page 4 – The Voorman Problem". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Film in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 6 December 2013.