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Title: SOUVENIRS

Reference number: 8066

Date: 2007

Director: d. Andrew Green, Yukari Higo

Sponsor: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen

Producer: Lindsay Goodall

Production company: GMAC Little Pictures

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 8.25 mins

Description: Three migrant women introduce the objects they brought from their home countries. [synopsis from "New Films, New Talent: Best of Scottish Shorts 2007]

Credits: UK Film Council and Glasgow Media Access Centre present a Little Pictures project in association with Scottish Screen

ph. Thomas Beetz
sd. design Ronan Breslin, Colin McGeogh
ed. Andrew Green
developed by Beth Armstrong
researcher Margaret Hewit
AV equipment supplied by Jan Zoe

Thanks to Shanazia - inpoorters, wholesalers, retailers, couture fabrics; Priceless Computers; Hakim Bros.; Experience Scotland; Jennifer Anderson; Simon, Nicky & Finlay Stewart; Becky Stuart; Ralph Green; Simon Charsley

Special thanks to Pilar Delgado, Mr Kohli MBE, Mrs Kohli and all residents and staff at the Mel Milapp Centre, Glasgow; Zuzana Kadurova

Thanks to all the GMAC staff and trainees. GMAC is core funded by Glasgow City Council

exec. p. Karen O'Hare
Made with the support of the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen

© UK Film Council and GMAC MMVII

Shotlist: Souvenirs introduces three migrant women, who have settled in Scotland, and the objects they have brought from home and kept through their new lives. One picks a mask given by her friend, another talks about eye makeup – handmade by her mother. We also hear the story of a teddy bear. Each woman reveals her identity and sense of value through a personal relationship with the object. The film consists of series of still photographs of the objects as well as abstract images inspired by the stories.