Odds On

Directed by: Daphna AttiasTerry O'Donovan
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Odds On is the new interactive short film from the award-winning UK based theatre company Dante or Die, which dives into the alluring and compulsive world of online gambling.

★★★★ "Odds On is an exemplar of the way online theatre has developed in the past few years" - The Guardian

Felicity has been a hard-working GP, wife and grandmother, delicately juggling life’s demands and stresses for decades. When she retires, she begins to escape into the seductive world of Pearls of Fortune, an online game where daily struggles are washed away under the sea. From her first spin and some glorious wins, Felicity is pulled deeper into this enticing aquatic world, until she is hooked and her real life drifts further away.

Odds On takes us behind the screen and deftly explores the recent rise in online gambling, especially amongst older women. The film takes the viewer inside the protagonist’s perspective, into this increasingly popular and absorbing form of play, where lines can become blurred between player and game, risk and reward and ultimately, compulsion and control.

Audiences log in to a gambling game which flips into narrative, with further interaction through the experience. The film features a cast of actors shot on various locations using an iPhone13 Pro, fused with thrillingly imaginative animation. Dante or Die have worked with a group of people with lived experience of gambling harm for almost a year as creative advisors on the project.
Genres: Drama
Studio: Dante or Die
Producers: Dante or DieSophie Ignatieff
From: GB
Produced In: GB
Writers: Daphna AttiasTerry O'Donovan
Lead Actors: Fiona Watson
Supporting Actors: Maynard EziashiElan JamesBianca StephensTerry O'DonovanOshy FullerNone
Key Crew: John Brannoch

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