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Title: STEEL HOMES

Reference number: 8239

Date: 2008

Director: d. Eva Weber

Producer: Anna Higgs, Gavin Humphries

Production company: Quark Films and Odd Girl Out production

Sound: sound

Original format: HDV

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.50 mins

Description: Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes and lives we cannot let go of. Moving from steel cage to steel cage, we encounter tales of heartbreak, loneliness and despair; and stories of liberation, adventure and leaving the past behind. One recurring motive is of people in a kind of temporary or permanent limbo - people who have lost their homes, either literally or metaphorically. STEEL HOMES explores the fragmented nature of memories, set in the starkly beautiful aesthetic of our modern industrial world.

For further information see film website at http://www.steelhomes-thefilm.com. Watch a 1 minute preview clip from this film at http://www.docscene.org/Steel-Homes1.html [last accessed 9/4/2010]

Selected for Sundance 2009, IDFA 2008, Hotdocs 2009, Chicago International Film Festival 2009 and Sheffield Doc/Fest 2009.

See also film website at http://www.steelhomes-thefilm.com

Part of Season 5 'Bridging the Gap' documentary scheme, on the theme of "Home".

Credits: Scottish Documentary Institute presents

in order of appearance Rafael Nombela, Anthony Mitchell, Chirag Rughani, Miyoshi Jenner, Tony Dollar, Tony Vaughton, Sofia Asif, Joanna Brendon, Bradford Gross, Todd Scanlon, Jeff Twiss, Mercedes Clark-Smith, Millicent Wilkie, Susan Wilkie

ed. Carol Salter
d. ph. Eduard Grau
addit. ph. Catherine Derry
composer Chris White
sd. design / dubbing mixer Jake Roberts, Barnaby Templar
colourist Patrick Morgan
sd. rec. Helen McGovern
addit. sd. Franco Ross Adams, Laura Fairbanks, Julian Wilson
foley artist Sue Harding
p. ass. Faye Bradshaw, Tory Lenosky
stills ph. Christopher Myhill

Made with the generous assistance of Daniel Witchett, Piers Sanderson, Ole Mienert at Panalux, Carey Duffy at South London Filters, Matt & Rob at Feral Equipment, Helen Brennan at Access Self Storage, Paul at Access Acton, Craig at Personal Storage Shepherd's Bush, Tracy Taylor ay Henfield Hire, Jonas Witt at Safe Store, Robin Greenwood at Rachel Fullick at The Sanctuary

With special thanks to Angela Cartwright, Nigel Daniels, Chloe Gehlcken, Gavin Wormull, Daniela Hennemeier [… et al …]

acting p. for Odd Girl Out Productions Samantha Zarzoza
short film exec. for Scottish Screen Leslie Finlay
Bridging the Gap p. man. Finlay Pretsell
exec. p. Sonja Henrici, Noe Mendelle

Supported by the National Lottery through Scottish Screen, Skillset Film Skills Fund, Edinburgh College of Art, Angus Digital Media Centre, 55 Degrees, Docspace, Scottish Documentary Institute

© Copyright 2008 Odd Girl Out Productions & Quark Films