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Swallow (2013)

Duration: 9:03    Category: Short, Society   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

Food is ephemeral. It’s just for you, just for that one meal, and it’s gone.

In this short experimental film, personal stories combine with 8mm and 16mm home movies and HD footage, creating a visceral experience in which themes of memory, family, love, pain and desire simmer. And as a narrative of power unfolds, the centrality of food to our lives, relationships and our sense of ourselves is laid bare. Food will never quite look the same again.

Screening Formats: HD Cam, Digi Beta, QT file, DVD

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Inverness Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – London Short Film Festival 2014
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Full Frame Documentary Festival 2014
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Open City Docs 2014
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Open Cinema, St Petersburg 2014

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Director: Genevieve Bicknell
Producer:Rosie Ellison (SDI Productions)
Executive Producers: Sonja Henrici & Noe Mendelle
Sound Design: Kirstyn Knowles & Pete Smith
Animation: Kieran Gosney
Editor: Nick Gibbon

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