THE RED HOUSE
by Alyx Duncan
New Zealand 2012 75 min. English original version
sat 23 nov 8:00 pm Murnau Filmtheater
German premiere
Script: Alyx Duncan, DoP: Francisco Rodriguez, Alyx Duncan, Chris Pryor, Aline Tran, Editor: Daniel Strang, Production: Alyx Duncan, Producer: Alyx Duncan, Cast: Lee Stuart, Meng Jia Stuart
THE RED HOUSE is an intimately observed drama of change in the lives of a deeply attached couple in their 60s. Lee is a seasoned activist, still applying his highlighter to the nasty hooks in local planning documents. Jia was an immigrant when they met 20 years ago, barely understanding a word of each other’s languages. Now duty calls Jia back to her homeland and her aged parents.
"Director Alyx Duncan’s formal sophistication has always served a fundamental curiosity about human life and society, never more reverberant than here: she is working with her non-actor parents in the two key roles. The limpid evocation of existential mysteries that she achieves is itself a thing of quiet wonder." (Bill Gosden, New Zealand International Film Festival)
Biography: Alyx Duncan is a filmmaker and choreographer in genres spanning live performance, installation, video-dance, music video, documentary, television commercials, and experimental feature filmmaking. THE RED HOUSE is her first feature film. She holds a Masters of Theatre Arts with Distinction from Victoria University and Toi Whakaari and a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Unitec, New Zealand. Her research investigates human perception in relation to place, culture and political context. Alongside her industry work she has taught papers in dance, digital video, and theatre studies at various tertiary institutions in New Zealand and China.
Filmography: 2010 APPETITE (short film), 2012 THE RED HOUSE
Awards: Award for the Best Self-Funded Film (New Zealand Film Awards, Auckland 2012)
www.theredhousefilm.com
Contact:
Alyx Duncan
80 Taylors Road
Mt Albert
Auckland 1025
New Zealand
alyx@alyxduncan.com
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