91直播 lecturer and screenwriter wins major film award
Congratulations to Jonathan Hourigan, Programme Director for MA Screenwriting and co-writer of 鈥楢t the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking鈥� which has been presented with The Grand Jury Award for the International Competition at Sheffield DocFest.
The film, directed by Maja Novakovi膰, follows an elderly man living in isolation, weaving together a tapestry of dreamlike visuals as it records the routines of his daily life. Set in the harsh yet beautiful landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a poetic meditation on solitude, loneliness and aging, and a rumination on both the impermanence and transience of life at large.
This award is Academy Award accredited and honours films that best display strong artistic vision and courageous storytelling.
The jury said: 鈥淲ith cinematic excellence the director slowly reveals a story of isolation and trauma in a landscape of beauty yet deep historical scars.鈥�
I met Maja a few years ago when her first film, 'Then Comes the Evening', was awarded a prize at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, where I sit on the jury. It has been a great privilege to work with Maja on 'At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking' and to help bring her personal vision to the screen. I'm incredibly proud of the film.
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