Island

  • 90'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2017

If you haven’t experienced it from close by, you won’t be very familiar with the processes of death. Although there are countless fiction film scripts about life and death, there is still a taboo on a realistic approach to this subject. Eastwood spent a year among terminal patients, who gave him their trust and valuable time.

Wisely, he refrains from all sentiment or unnecessary stylisation. No music other than the local choir practising. Eastwood’s title refers to his location, the Isle of Wight, as well as a being a metaphor for the safe haven provided by palliative institutions where people retreat to prepare for the great journey to the other side. The ferries depart like spaceships, whilst slides of mutating cells loom like ‘planets’ under the microscope.

This project, created for the Fabrica gallery in Brighton, also exists as a multi-screen installation. The irrevocable linearity of film projection makes the experience even more poignant.

  • 90'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2017
Director
Steven Eastwood
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Elhum Shakerifar, Steven Eastwood
Production Companies
Hakawati, Paradogs
Sales
Hakawati
Cinematography
Steven Eastwood / Paradogs
Editor
Sergio Vega Borrego
Sound Design
James Bulley, Iain Grant
Website
http://www.steveneastwood.co
Director
Steven Eastwood
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Elhum Shakerifar, Steven Eastwood
Production Companies
Hakawati, Paradogs
Sales
Hakawati
Cinematography
Steven Eastwood / Paradogs
Editor
Sergio Vega Borrego
Sound Design
James Bulley, Iain Grant
Website
http://www.steveneastwood.co

Programme IFFR 2018

Curtain Call

An invitation to reflect upon the lure of science and technology and our obsession with progress through a series of films and an exhibition.

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