Short film animation

16mm B/W 15mins 4:3
© 1993 Go Girl Productions

review:

'Using a faded, grainy monochrome aesthetic, Janet Merewether's stopmotion images of the minutiae of
daily life attempt to piece together the crumbs of her existence. The beautiful, emotion-wrought images and
the lyrical, but painful soundtrack crystallise into a
superb cimematic investigation of truth.'
Brisbane Int. Film Festival 1994

synopsis:

A diary form, black and white portrait of Paris, incorporating animation, pixellation and live action.

'I do not cut my life up into days, but my days
into lives, each day, each hour, an entire life.'

Seven days, seven moods, seven lives. The
romantic myths of Paris are deconstructed, and
a vision of the city reformed through the
fragments of ritual, memory, rhythm and
the minutiae of daily life.

crew:

writer, director, animator - Janet Merewether
sound design - Alicia Slusarski
mix - Paul Mason
songs - Lisa Nolan (voice) Nicholas Routley
french voice-over - Muriel Angot

awards:

WINNER of the Highly Commended award, St Kilda Film Festival 1995.

festivals:

Melbourne & Brisbane Int'l Film Festivals 1994 VIVA 8 Festival - London Filmmakers Co-op
Eat Carpet SBS TV 1995
Matinaze (Art Gallery of NSW) 1995
Stuttgart Int'l Animation Festival 1996
Tour of the Philippines with Australian Animation Package 1997.
Boston Cinematheque 2001
Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek,
Arsenal Cinema Berlin 2002
Women Make Waves Festival Taipei 2003.

distribution:

Go Girl Productions

collections:

Griffith Artworks
Forum des Images, Vidéotheque de Paris

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