Home Movie (2016 film)

Home Movie
Black and white image of a young girl, in the 1930s, in a pastoral setting - behind her is a landscape of mountains and a lake, and before her a blooming wildflower
Directed byCaroline Pick
Written byCaroline Pick
Produced byPenny Woolcock
Narrated byCaroline Pick
CinematographyJirka Pick
Edited byAlex Fry
Music byAlex Fry Rob Manning
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
Running time
18 minutes
CountriesUK
Czech Republic
France
LanguageEnglish

Home Movie is a 2016 short documentary biographical film, written and directed by Caroline Pick.[1]

Synopsis

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For over 50 years, home movies filmed by Caroline Pick's father lay unnoticed in a wardrobe. Pick, now over 60 years old, finds them while clearing it out during a house move. Her father filmed the reels in Czechoslovakia and the UK, and when she does go through them, she is exposed to things her parents kept secret, hints about the family's past, lost relatives, and other things they were silent about. She embarks on a journey to fill in the gaps, as she compares and contrasts the happy images of the family in 1950s Cardiff and 1930s Europe, which belie the tragedies that lie behind the smiles. What the film discovers and concludes is a dark and secret doom, relating to immigration, dislocation and death.

Awards

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  • 2015: Women Over 50 Film Festival – Best Documentary[2]

Official festival screenings

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References

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  1. ^ "A Home Movie".
  2. ^ "2015 SHFFF". Women Over 50 Film Festival. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Home Movie - 7thart Releasing". www.7thart.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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