Title
Synopsis
Official Selection London Film Festival BFI 2026
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 min
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
-
Laida Lertxundi
- Producer
- Laida Lertxundi
- Co-Producer
- Chapelle Saint Jacques Centre d'art Contemporain
- Executive Producer
- Laida Lertxundi
- Editor
- Laida Lertxundi
- Screenwriter
- Laida Lertxundi
- Director of Photography
- Laida Lertxundi
- Sound
- Laida Lertxundi, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Jean Marc Guillot, Ren Ebel, Frida García Martin
- Composer
- Christina Nguyen
- Principal cast
- Fanny (the dog), Ece Powell, Judith Dalmoro, Aiana Chigzhit, Dan Li, Rock Coonghe, Alexandra Galeazzi, Hanah’s classmates (voice), Soyinka Gudin, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Pauline Rigal and her daughters, Andréa and Norma, Thomas Boutoux, Sacha Golemanas, Ren Ebel (voice), Lug Desalles, Flo Moore, Dimitri Alexandre, Jules Perot, Luce Bastid, Perrine Civetta, Jorge Diz and boat Etna, Hanah Ebel Lertxundi.
- Shot and recorded in
- Lyon, Mont d’Or and Paris, France; London, United Kingdom, Menorca, Spain
- Music
- Flamin’ Groovies, Steve Reich
- Camera and Editing
- Laida Lertxundi
- Sound Recording
- Laida Lertxundi, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Jean Marc Guillot, Ren Ebel, Frida García Martin
- Sound editing
- Laida Lertxundi, Ren Ebel
- Sound Mix
- Christina Nguyen
- Titles
- Aina Canyelles Lladó
- Film
- Haghefilm
- Color
- Yannig Willmann
- Camera and Editing
- Laida Lertxundi
- Sound Recording
- Laida Lertxundi, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Jean Marc Guillot, Ren Ebel, Frida García Martin
- Sound editing
- Laida Lertxundi, Ren Ebel
- Sound Mix
- Christina Nguyen
- Titles
- Aina Canyelles Lladó
- Film
- Haghefilm
- Color
- Yannig Willmann
- With help from
- Iris Deporc, Marie Descombes, Valérie Champagnon, Gabriela Caicedo, Clare-Mary Puyfoulhoux, Nolan Muratory, Eli Lepeltier, Magdalena Timoner, Maxime Naudet, Leopold Gerard, Sara Diz, Raquel Martin and my students from Studio Games. Keira Greene’s Video Club at Chelsea College of Art, London. Enrico Camporesi, Clara Schulmann and Begoña Prado.
- Made possible by
- Chapelle Saint-Jacques centre d’art contemporain Ensba Lyon
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Laida Lertxundi
5 ave du Maréchal de Lattre de TassignyBoulogne Billancourt
92100 France
Sales Company
LUX
Waterlow Park Centre,Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF, UK
hanan[at]lux.org.uk / distribution[at]lux.org.uk
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