Project Detail

Song For Billy

Name: Song For Billy
Director: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Genre: Woman Director
Released: 2017
Duration: 18 mins

Synopsis

A meditation on a lost era and the regenerative power of the sea, this project grew out of the haunting photographs of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photography project 'The Coal Coast'. Following in the footsteps of Agnès Varda, the scattered clues of England’s post-industrial northern coastline lead to the vivid re-enacting of the death of a young coal miner Billy, by his workmate.
The story inspired the New York-based percussion group So Percussion, who together with Amber created the film’s cathartic music.

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 18 mins
Format: HD video
Director: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Producer: Graeme Rigby
Editor: Ellin Hare
Director of Photography: Peter Roberts
Composer: So Percussion
Still photographs: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Amber Films

5-9 Side
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3JE

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