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The feature-length documentary is an attempt to answer one of the most vital questions in all our lives: What is the meaning of home? The film focuses on family, identity, emigration (through the lens of Polish-Irish-South African-English ties), as well as the circle of life, death and rebirth. The axis of the film is a house which connects and shelters, and which allows the lives of the characters to be transformed. It's genesis and inspiration was a seven-year collection of films and photographs covering the lives of residents who lived and worked under the cover, protection and generosity of the house’s owner – a 90-year-old, bed-bound writer – Elizabeth – in Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London.
Official selection Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024 - UK premiere
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Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 min
Format
DSLR
Director
Mela Hilleard 1st Feature
Producer
Cait Lyn Adamson, Terence Chim, Mela Hilleard
Executive Producer
Rory O’Callaghan
Editor
Terence Chim
Screenwriter
Mela Hilleard
Director of Photography
Mela Hilleard
Sound
Chiara Cabri, Alex Bird
Composer
Eugeniusz Rudnik

Genre

Experimental Woman Director Drama

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Kochanie and Kochanie Ltd

11 Wincott Parade
Kennington Road
London
SE11 6SR

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