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Title: PARROT ROOM, the

Reference number: 8190

Date: 2000

Director: d. Susaane Kaelin, Minka Jakerson

Sponsor: [ Scottish Screen]

Production company: [ Edinburgh College of Art]

Sound: sound

Original format: Betacam SP

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 18.00 mins

Description: The Parrot Room tells the story of Bruno. He is a man constantly haunted by the images of his desires and so he has adopted a strategy of life, experiencing only through fantasy and the experience of others. Throughout the film, Bruno creates an empty space of simulations where the pain of his unresolved desires can't reach him. The character Bruno in the story is inspired by Michel Houllebecq's novel "Atomised". [from film-maker's website]

This experimental drama aims to explore relationships between the male and female of the species, using a nature documentary style.

See also website, where you can view Quicktime, at http://www.susannekaelin.com/parrot_room.html [last accessed 15/3/2010]

Screenings: Portobello Film Festival, London 2001. Festiwal Europejskie Kino Kobiet in Krakow, Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Krakov Poland, June 2003. Kino Mozi, Budapest, Hungary June 2003. Kunsthalle Basel, November 2004.

Scottish Students on Screen (SSoS) is a one day festival designed to foster stronger links between education and the moving image industries. It is managed by BAFTA and funded by Scottish Screen, and has been running a innovative programme of events since 1999. Features sessions, screenings, workshops and masterclasses providing all you need to know about getting into the industry

Credits: Adi Vongontard
Sylvia Leuthold
Ingvild Soderlind
Linda Wassberg
Susanne Kaelin
Minka Jakerson
Catrin Andersson
Sandra Andersson
John Morrison
Sue Haddon
Alice Clark-Maxwell
Rebecca Cohen
Judith Hastie
Ben James Relton
Gemma Murray
James Stewart
Toby Morris
Dawn Kwok

voice Nicola van Waegeningh

Thanks to Adi, Nicola, Tania, Garrick, Julie, Shona, Richard, Tim, Jono, Andy, Linda, Carmel, Alice, Gavin, Captain Sinclair, Hotel Antigua

To Michel Houellebecq

Edinburgh College of Art

[w. Susaane Kaelin, Minka Jakerson
adopted by "Atomised" by Michel Houllebeqc
cinematography Susanne Kaelin, Minka Jakerson
ed. Susanne Kaelin, Minka Jakerson
sd. Susanne Kaelin, Minka Jakerson
m. Larry Young, Marlene Dietrich, Roxy Music
art d. Susanne Kaelin, Minka Jakerson]