Project Detail

Missing Meilich

Synopsis

A personal document of the director's ancestral pilgrimage. She went to Poland in search of her missing uncle, Meilich Last. The film attempts to retrace the remnants of the spiritual and ghostly presence of the vanished world of her cultural origins.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 22 mins
Format: Betacam Sp
Director: Dalia Neis
Producer: Dalia Neis
Editor: Laurie Yule
Director of Photography: Sven O Hill
Sound: Dalia Neis, Laurie Yule
Composer: Barry Sisters

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dalia Neis

222 Croxted Road
Herne Hill
London SE24 9DG
UK

T+44 (0)7904 234 799

+44 (0)20 8671 4320

d_neis@gmx.co.uk

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