Prison with Songbirds (2022)
NL / UK | Documentary & Fiction | 12' | Digital & 35mm | 1.66:1
An unseen narrator tells his experience of wrongful imprisonment in an unnamed country and his random release. Based on a letter sent to Amnesty International, by my father, and a surreal interview given about it. ‘Prison with Songbirds’ is a documentary and fiction hybrid in which dream-nightmare and digital-35mm collide.
Voice & Stories: Jonathan Mitchell
Production: Salvador Miranda
35mm Animation: Ugo Petronin
Cinematography: Christiaan van Leeuwen & Abel van Dijk
Editing: Lotte Louise de Jong & Ewan Macbeth
Sound Design: Filip Degernäs
Set Design: Ella Gerritssen
Art Departement: Marcus van Binsbergen, Dido Woelders & Nick Mansveld
Lighting Design: Stefan Prokop
Best Boy & Titles: Andreas Drosdz
Set Builder: Leo Postma
Grading: Boje Ploeg
Distribution: EYE Filmmuseum / SEE NL
Screenings:
2023: Makers van Morgen VPRO
2023, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Short Film Market
2023, EYE Filmmuseum, Eye on Art
2022, Ji.hlava Film Festival, Fascinations