Country: UK
Year: 2015
Duration: 90'
Iona left the island where she was born and the Christian community that raised her when she was fifteen years old. Now that she has a son of her own that age, she returns to her hometown, finding peace of mind in physical labor. While Iona shies away from her former community’s displays of spirituality, they seem to intrigue her teenage son Bull. Something serious drove mother and son to seek refuge on that island, something they cannot seem to forget despite being protected by the waters surrounding them.
Biography
film director
Scott Graham
Scott Graham (Aberdeen, UK, 1974) grew up in the North-East of Scotland; in 2005 he shot his first short, Born to Run, at a local fishing harbor. His second short, Shell, won the UK Film Council prize for Best Film at the 2008 London Short Film Festival, while his next movie, Native Son, was presented in 2010 at the Semaine de la critique in Cannes. His first feature-length film, which is also entitled Shell, is based on his 2008 short and in 2012 won the Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Born to Run (cm, 2006), Shell (cm, 2008), Native Son (cm, 2010), Shell (2012), Iona (2015).
Declaration
film director
“I went to the isle of Iona with my mum and my sister when I was ten years old so writing and making this film was a return for me as well as for the character of Iona. I remember arriving by boat, sleeping on the beach and boiling potatoes in sea water. All things that found their way into the script. I remember being told that people came there to feel close to God and somehow this translated over time into someone returning there who does not feel close to God. I was interested in the conflict this would give someone and in the rawness they might feel.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Scott Graham
fotografia/cinematography
Yoliswa von Dallwitz
montaggio/film editing
Florian Nonnenmacher, Colin Monie
scenografia/production design
Stephen Mason
costumi/costume design
Jo Thompson
souno/sound
Douglas MacDougall
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ruth Negga (Iona), Douglas Henshall (Daniel), Tom Brooke (Matthew), Michelle Duncan (Elisabeth), Ben Gallagher (Bull), Sorcha Groundsell (Sarah), Christine Steele (la giovane lettrice/young reader), Matthew Zajac (detective), Jim Sturgeon (Stephen)
produttore/producer
Margaret Matheson
produzione/production
Bard Entertainments
coproduzione/coproduction
Hanfgarn & Ufer and ZDF, Arte
contatti/contacts
Bard Entertainments
Margaret Matheson
margaret@bardentertainments.co.uk
www.bardentertainments.co.uk
Scott Graham
fotografia/cinematography
Yoliswa von Dallwitz
montaggio/film editing
Florian Nonnenmacher, Colin Monie
scenografia/production design
Stephen Mason
costumi/costume design
Jo Thompson
souno/sound
Douglas MacDougall
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ruth Negga (Iona), Douglas Henshall (Daniel), Tom Brooke (Matthew), Michelle Duncan (Elisabeth), Ben Gallagher (Bull), Sorcha Groundsell (Sarah), Christine Steele (la giovane lettrice/young reader), Matthew Zajac (detective), Jim Sturgeon (Stephen)
produttore/producer
Margaret Matheson
produzione/production
Bard Entertainments
coproduzione/coproduction
Hanfgarn & Ufer and ZDF, Arte
contatti/contacts
Bard Entertainments
Margaret Matheson
margaret@bardentertainments.co.uk
www.bardentertainments.co.uk
