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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
The quietly insistent and critical Depositions attempts to restore some dignity to images of the communities of the Scottish highlands taken from patronizing BBC documentaries and news features from the 70’s and 80’s. Depositions repurposes footage from the archives of the BBC and sound from the School of Scottish Studies, it is a film about differences and dichotomies: science and superstition, near and far, community and the individual.
Director biography
Luke Fowler
Luke Fowler (b. 1978, Glasgow) is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. His work explores the limits and conventions of biographical and documentary filmmaking, and has often been compared to the British Free Cinema of the 1950s. Working with archival footage, photography and sound, Fowler’s filmic montages create portraits of intriguing, counter cultural figures, including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and English composer Cornelius Cardew.
Finished
Sessions
May
Saturday 29
18:30 h
Museo Reina Sofia. Edificio Sabatini, Auditorio
June
Monday 07
18:00 h
Museo Reina Sofia. Edificio Sabatini, Auditorio
Credits
Language
Englsih - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Luke Fowler