Project Detail

Queen

Synopsis

A bowling alley, a gallery, a studio, a pregnancy and a pop song. Kathryn Elkin tackles, with her usual sense of humour, issues around labour, creation, biography, being an artist and the transforming pregnant body. QUEEN was conceived and shot during the artist’s pregnancy and first months of parenthood.
Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - International Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 min 43 sec
Format
hd video
Director
Kathryn Elkin
Producer
Kathryn Elkin
Editor
Kathryn Elkin
Director of Photography
Emma Dalesman
Sound
Mark Jasper
Composer
Ben R Wallers

Production Status

Production Company

LUX Production

Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF

Sales Company

LUX Distribution

Matt Carter
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF

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