‘Dad’s Stick features three well-used objects my father showed me shortly before he died. Two of these were so steeped in history that their original forms and functions were almost completely obscured. The third object seemed instantly recognisable, but turned out to be something else entirely.’ (JS)
Also in this combined programme
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Kiss the Rain
The first verse of The Rain Couplets, in Klahr’s recognisable style of animation. About love, with a moving soundtrack. -
The Street of Everlasting Rain
In the second verse of The Rain Series, Klahr plays with romantic love and time perception, whilst elements from Kiss the Rain re-occur. -
Cold Open
Drenched in creeping damp and malaise, the visual consequence of a powerfully ‘absent-minded gaze in response to the world’. -
Spell
A mentally unstable man. Sounds invade his thoughts, are reinforced and mingle with his memories. -
Temper Clay
A house in Seoul and one in the countryside are the point of departure for a poetic, musical film that ends with a quote from…
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
