A Man Imagined

  • 62'
  • Canada
  • 2024
Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, A Man Imagined is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay. Made in close collaboration with 67-year-old Lloyd, this immersive documentary fable follows the jagged path of a decades-long street survivor, across harsh winters and blistering summers, as he sells discarded items to motorists, sleeps in junkyards and lapses into near-psychedelic reveries.
Directors
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Canada
Year
2024
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
62'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producer
Rohan Fernando
Sales
National Film Board of Canada
Screenplay
Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky
Cinematography
Brian M. Cassidy
Editor
Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
Sound Design
Ilyaa Ghafouri, Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky
Directors
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Canada
Year
2024
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
62'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producer
Rohan Fernando
Sales
National Film Board of Canada
Screenplay
Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky
Cinematography
Brian M. Cassidy
Editor
Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
Sound Design
Ilyaa Ghafouri, Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky