Project Detail

On Landguard Point

Synopsis

On Landguard Point is a film about home created by Suffolk raised Robert Pacitti - founder of the award winning SPILL Festival of Performance and maker and curator of performance art for over 20 years - with original music by Michael Nyman.

Set entirely in the East of England and built through poetry, performance and slips of story. Woven together these forms accumulate ideas around what home means. The film is about trade: what it means to produce and export, or import from elsewhere. It is also then a film about migration, identity and defence. These themes underpin every element of the film and offer up multiple layers of resonance and meaning.

The film is carried by two other voices. The first, our narrator, initially sets the scene before falling into his own poetic visions and daydream. The second is a family of scrolling red LED text boxes, stood in the sea and beginning: HERE IS A MAP…

On Landguard Point features work by internationally acclaimed artists such as Julia Bardsley, Rajni Shah, Kira O’Reilly, Harminder Judge and Mark Peter Wright.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins
Format
HD
Director
Robert Pacitti
Producer
Pacitti Company, Nicola Gallani
Editor
Hoping Chen
Screenwriter
Robert Pacitti
Director of Photography
Becky Edmunds, Lucy Cash
Sound
Dario Swade
Composer
Michael Nyman

Production Status

Production Company

Pacitti Company

Unit 1, Pinchin Street Studios
2 Pinchin Street
London
E1 1SA
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7488 0800
Nicola Gallani +44 (0)7879 636 487

Sales Company

Pacitti Company

Unit 1, Pinchin Street Studios
2 Pinchin Street
London
E1 1SA
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7488 0800
Nicola Gallani +44 (0)7879 636 487

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