lessons on flight
A hummingbird in flight rendered beautifully on 16mm film using hand colouring and processing.
5'
Chile
IFFR 2024
In her masterful 16mm ethnographic essay, Julia Parks investigates the story of an early twentieth century botanist Ida Hayward, who discovered peculiar connections between sheep’s wool, migratory plant seeds and the River Tweed in Scotland. An extremely well made film about a surprising confluence of themes – the global wool industry, colonialism, the fraught interconnectedness of fauna and the region in which it is set.
– Ivan RamljakÂ
IFFR 2024
- 28'
- United Kingdom
- 2023
- Director
- Julia Parks
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 28'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Scots, English
- Producers
- Jane Somers, Rachael Disbury, Michael Pattison
- Production Company
- Alchemy Film and Arts
- Sales
- Alchemy Film and Arts
- Cinematography
- Julia Parks
- Editor
- Saul Pankhurst
- Sound Design
- Heather Andrews
Also in this combined programme
Schlafsand
Schlafsand uses pictorial beauty to address the political and social blindness surrounding climate change.
14'
Switzerland
IFFR 2024
The Silence of Iron
An exploration into the impact of the mining industry on the identity of Minas Gerais.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2024
Silent Panorama
Meticulous animation about a search through the Ardennes, drawn on a single piece of paper.
5'
Belgium
IFFR 2024
- Director
- Julia Parks
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 28'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Scots, English
- Producers
- Jane Somers, Rachael Disbury, Michael Pattison
- Production Company
- Alchemy Film and Arts
- Sales
- Alchemy Film and Arts
- Cinematography
- Julia Parks
- Editor
- Saul Pankhurst
- Sound Design
- Heather Andrews
Programme IFFR 2024
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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Deborah S. Philips' touching analogue collage is a tribute to her deceased mother.
9'
Germany
IFFR 2024
102 Narra
Daily life from a filmmaker's family home in Manila tenderly oscillates between personal and political.
22'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ade (on a Sunday)
Two young boys follow their curiosity as they skip Sunday school.
17'
India
IFFR 2024