Project Detail

A Demonstration

Synopsis

A monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a way of seeing the natural world that is almost impossible to imagine from today’s vantage point. Early Modern naturalists were guided by a logic in which scientific truths were discovered through visual analogy. The word ‘monster’ comes from the latin ‘monstrare’, meaning to show, to reveal, to demonstrate. A DEMONSTRATION picks up on these themes in a poetic exploration of the boundaries of sight and the metamorphosis of form.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020 - Berlinale Shorts - World premiere

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 min 50 sec
Format
HD video
Director
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Producer
Daan Milius, Hans van Hezik, Guillaume Cailleau
Co-Producer
Sasha Litvintseva
Editor
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Screenwriter
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Director of Photography
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Sound
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Composer
Beny Wagner

Production Status

Production Company

UK, Netherlands, Germany co-production

A Sasha Litvintseva (UK), Video Power (NL), CaSk Films (DE) production

Sasha Litvintseva

11 Belsize Road
London
NW6 4RX

Sales Company

Video Power

Daan Milius
Batterijstraat 48
6211 SJ Maastricht
The Netherlands

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