Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 22 mins
Year of production: 2015

SYNOPSIS

Anna, who’s chronically ill, is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film. Blind actresses Alex Bulmer and Margo Cargill star in this existential comedy.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: filmpro
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Anna: Alex Bulmer
Doreen: Margo Cargill

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Michael Achtman
Screenwriter: Michael Achtman
Producer: Caglar Kimyoncu
Director of Photography: Zeynep Dagli, Juan Soto
Sound: Jon Newell
Editing: Michael Achtman
Sound Design: Mustafa Bal
Music Composer: JS Bach

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Comedy
Sub-genre: Disability Film, LGBTQ
Language: English
Country of origin: UK
Year of production: 2015
Total running time: 22 mins
Shooting format: HD
Color type: Black and White/Colour
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: aif

AWARDS

Jury Award – Superfest, San Francisco
Best Actresses (shared by Cargill/Bulmer) – Breaking Barriers, Moscow
Special Director’s Award – Look & Roll, Basel

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

July 2015 – Mykonos Biennale, Greece – Golden Pelican Award
October 2015 – Buffalo International Film Festival, USA
October 2015 – Seize the day with me film festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
October 2015 – Montecatini International Film Festival, Italy
November 2015 – Phnom Penh International Film Festival, Cambodia
November 2015 – All Lights India International Film Festival, Kerala, India
November 2015 – ‘O Curt Short Film Festival, Italy
December 2015 – Together Disability Film Festival, London, UK
February 2016 – Gather Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK
March 2016 – Picture this... film festival, Calgary, Canada
March 2016 – Haida Gwaii Film Festival, Canada
March 2016 – II Diseases International Short Film & Art Festival (2 FICAE), Valencia, Spain
April 2016 – Busan International Short Film Festival, Republic of Korea
April 2016 – Corti da Sogni International Film Festival, Ravenna, Italy
June 2016 – Daisyfest, Surrey, UK
June 2016 – Tlanchana Fest, Festival de Cine y Arte Digital, Mexico
September 2016 – La Rioja es de Cine, Spain
September 2016 – Look & roll, Switzerland – Festival Director’s Prize & Jury Special Mention
October 2016 – Superfest, San Francisco & Berkeley, USA – Liane Yanomoto Jury’s Prize
November 2016 – Persons with Disabilities Film Festival, Republic of Korea
November 2016 – Breaking Barriers VII – Moscow Disability Festival, Russia – Best Actresses
April 2017 – FilmFest Dresden International Short Film Festival
September 2017 – IDEM Festival, Madrid, Spain
November 2017 – Extraordinary Film Festival, Namur, Belgium
December 2017 – Festi’Life, Marseille, France
March 2018 – BFI Flare, London, UK
April 2018 – Reel Abilities, Portland, USA
September 2020 – Present – Alaskan Airlines, USA