Duncan Cowles was commissioned by TED, to make and premiere a film at TED 2018: The Age of Amazement in Vancouver, April 2018. The result was It’s Not Amazing Enough

Stylistically, a companion piece to Duncan’s earlier Channel 4 short film Taking Stock, this film explores diminishing attention spans, the pressures to excel and perform in our careers and crippling self-doubt.

Synopsis

Nothing is ever good enough… or at least, that’s what we tell ourselves.

The pressures of having to make an amazing film send this deadpan deep-voiced filmmaker into a crippling spiral of self-doubt and comic indecision.

Press

TED.com
It’s Nice That

Watch original short film “It’s Not Amazing Enough,” created by @DuncanCowles for #TED2018.

Because everyone panics sometimes. pic.twitter.com/uapc0cEuAf

— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) April 15, 2018

Pictures from TED 2018 of the film screening

Details

Directed by: Duncan Cowles
Music: Stillhead
Sound Mix: Keith Duncan
Commissioned by: TED
Length: 1.5minutes
Contact: info@duncancowles.com