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Director: Peter Todd

Year: 2023

A quietly poignant domestic film made of images gathered around the house and its surroundings over a two-year period. The title might seem self-explanatory, we do see pillows, bowls, roses, trees – but also curtains, tablecloths, saucers, other trees and flowers (in the garden and arranged on vases). We sense the changing seasons and we sense a lived-in space – one that is shared as the pillow arrangements suggest. Working with a Bolex camera involves a tension between the technology and the world surrounding the filmmaker, the maximum shot length is limited to around 20 seconds because of the windup spring motor. (Open City Documentary Festival programme). Official Selection Open City Documentary Festival 2023

Director: Peter Todd

Year: 2015

"An enlivened 16mm mediation on lush green sprouting plants and vegetation, signaling life, change and development within an urban environment otherwise preoccupied by stasis." William Fowler, LFF "An old ceramic jar from my parent’s house. Images of places its presence brings. A study of object and place." Peter Todd Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

Director: Peter Todd

Year: 1999

In any moment, thoughts and memories from others are present. Diary - an emotional and poetic short film set around a family today.