简介：16mmanamorphic Tonameanattitudeblackandwhitesuggestsreduction,butinthisrural,ethnographicportraittheartistunravelsathousandtonesofeach.Howlongdoesittakeuntilthisoverflowingbathbecomesalake,untilthesimpleforestdrive(thereisnothingsimplehere)tranformsthesechildrenintoairborneangelsoflight?Thereisatenderbrutalityatworkhere,nothingispolishedorsmoothorwellrounded,insteadtheadvventureofseeingisundertakenreadytofallandbruise,tobewoundedbyitssearch.Anditisfromthisnecessarywoundthattheartistjoinsinwiththelifeofafamilygrownwildoutofdoorswiththehorsesandchickens.Foritscompassion,itsrefusalofthesentimental,itsquickwittedmontageanddramaturgyoftheeveryday,theTigerAwardgoestoAh,Liberty!”(JuryStatement,RotterdamInternationalFilmFestival2008) Afamily’splaceinthewilderness,outsideoftime;free-rangeanimalsandchildren,junkandnature,allwithinthemostsublimelandscape.Theworkaimsatanideaoffreedom,whichisreflectedinthehand-processedScopeformat,butisundercutwithasenseofforeboding.There’snoparticularstory;beginning,middleorend,justfragmentsofliveslived,ritualsperformed. FundedbyLondonArtistsFilmandVideoAward. TigerAwardBestShortFilm–InternationalFilmFestivalRotterdam2008 BestExperimentalFilm–CurtasViladoCondeFilmFestival2008 BestExiSAward–ExiS,Seoul2008 TheBadassSpiritofBlackhawkAward–ICE,Iowa2008 BestFilm-SecondPrize–OnionCityFilmFestival,Chicago2008 SpecialMention–Videoex,Switzerland2008…