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Steel Homes (2008)

Duration: 09:50    Category: Short, Society   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their myriad objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes, and lives we cannot let go of.

Steel Homes explores the fragmented nature of memories, set in the starkly beautiful aesthetic of our modern industrial world.

An Edinburgh College of Art Production

Screening Formats: Digi Beta (PAL&NTSC), Beta SP, DV-Cam

Highlights:
WINNER – Award for Best Short Documentary – Molise Cinema 2009
OFFICIAL SELECTION – IDFA 2008
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sundance Film Festival 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sundance Art House Project – Traveling Film Festival (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – True/False Film Festival 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Hot Docs 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Silverdocs 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Los Angeles Film Festival 2009 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sheffield Doc/Fest 2009 (UK)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense 2009 (Spain)

Screenings:
And over 40 screenings world-wide…

Links:
Official Website
Quark Films
Odd Girl Out Productions

To arrange a screening contact: info@scotdoc.com

Director: Eva Weber
Producers: Anna Higgs & Gavin Humphries (Quark Films / Odd Girl Out Productions)
Executive Producer: Sonja Henrici
DOP: Eduard Grau
Editor: Carol Salter
Music: Chris White
Sound Design: Jake Roberts & Barnaby Templer
Sound Recordist: Helen McGovern

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