A Necessary Music
The takes long, languid and beautifully pictorial – in a narration shared between Robert Ashley (perhaps one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary music) and dwellers of Roosevelt Island (a small sliver of land situated between NYC burroughs Manhattan and Queens) – A Necessary Music is a musically conceived science fiction film, exploring the social imaginary of a utopian landscape through directed attention to the voices that inhabit it.
Featured in these combined programmes
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Tiger Awards Competition Short Films 4
‘And the winners are…’ A jury chooses from the 27 nominees the three winners for the Tiger Awards for Short Films. The presentati
Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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