178.98 was shot in St Petersburg, Russia whilst Andy Joule was a guest at the Open Cinema Film and Animation Film Festival in 2012.

Filmed on location over four days and nights in St Petersburg, Russia in August 2012. The film is a response to culture shock and translocation, a reaction to new heritage and history, sights and sounds, beauty and backstreets. A day in the life of the city.

With such a short amount of time available the film was made as a response to the city and it's culture, with its structure only coming together in the edit, though the idea that it would try and reflect the hectic nature of the place from dawn to dusk in a variety of locations had been a major consideration.

178.98 was filmed on two DSLRs, operating Magic Lantern firmware to facilitate the time-lapse and the bulb-ramping shots.

The score was composed by William D Drake and recorded at Cattleford Beech Studios by James Larcombe, with additional sound design by Benedict Davies, with the voice provided by Maria Astahova and studio production by Joe Sudlow.

Shortlisted in the main competition, for Best Experimental Short, at the 9th Open Cinema International Short & Animation Film Festival, St Peterburg, Russia, 2-8 August 2013.