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Savage Witches

Synopsis

Savage Witches is a playful, poetic and experimental film about two teenage girls who want nothing but to play games, dress up and have adventures, but when they find themselves in conflict with the world around them they set out to transform it and break free! The film attempts to satisfy all their wishes for freedom. They are aided by a magic key, which unlocks the film allowing process to mix with its creation, artifice and reality to intermingle. But when Gretchen and Margarita are confronted with reality, it becomes clear that there is a vast gap between what they say they want and what they really want. Once the game has been set in motion they are swept along by the film’s momentum and must see it through to the end.

Savage Witches is a colourful collage of sounds and images that has been created using all manner of processes and formats from VHS and Super 8 to drawn animation and hand-coloured frames, resulting in a bold and expressionistic exploration of the art of cinema.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 mins
Format
hd, dv, vhs, super8
Director
Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais
Producer
Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais
Editor
Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais
Screenwriter
Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais
Director of Photography
Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais
Sound
Simon Keep
Composer
Fiona Bevan
Principal cast
Christina Wood, Victoria Smith

Genre

Woman Director Experimental

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Underground Film Studio

Sales Company

The Underground Film Studio

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