Salt
Dance animation film
The film is about a girl growing up with parents that are slowly turning into salt figures and explores how to avoid falling into the same emotional patterns as your parents. When you shatter your illusions, the pain may be crippling or transformative. You will want to go back because you will never be sure if you have really broken free. The film mixes stop frame animation with dance, puppetry and live action. It is filmed in the amazing underworld of Wieliczka salt mines outside Krakow in Poland, and the Scottish sand dunes by Aberdeen.
Director / Writer / Co-Producer - Maria Lloyd
Produced by Ingvil Giske Medieoperatørene
Polish/British-Norwegian Co Production with Aurora Films, Sentrifugal Films, Krauss/Plesnar Films
Funded by Arts Council England, Norwegian Arts Council, NRK2, YLE, Norwegian Film Institute, Thomas Robsahm, Fund for Sound and Picture and East Norwegian film fund.
Salt - 2012 -2014
Director / Writer: Maria Lloyd
Perform: Young Iris, Octavia Selena Alexandru Older Iris Ingvild Ava Tolås
Sian Webber Colin McLean
Puppeteer: Sean Myatt
Music: Alexander Balanescu and The Balanescu Quartet
Sound Fred Monnoye
DOP: Harald Gunnar Paalgard
Make up: June Paalgard
Special Effects: Rick Marr
Animation: Magdalena Parszewska
Editing: Inge Lise Langfeldt og Maria Lloyd
Credits
TV sales: Shown on NRK2 Hovedscenen SALT on SVT2, YLE, Kino Polska, BBC Arts. (Including Making of - documentary, by Igor Devold).
Norwegian screenings: Norsk Kort, at Cinemateket part of NFDF kortprogram inHaugesund int. Film Festival, Blått lerret, public screens in Stavanger. Hamarama, Aurora program in Lillehammer Kino, KinoKino Festival in Stavanger.
International Festival Distribution by Norwegian Film Institute
Cannes Film Festival, (short film corner) New Horizon Festival in Poland, Tour in Finland 8 venues arr: Walhalla, Loikka Film Festival Helsinki, Salt mines screening Krakow, Dancemoments Goethe Institute Krakow. Interfilm Festival Volksbühne Berlin, London short film Festival, Cinedance in Amsterdam, Jumping Frames Hong Kong, Nordic Panorama, Golden Prague Int. TV festival. Bucuresti Tange Film Festival, Frame Dance film Festival London, Screen dance in Stockholm, nominated for best int. short in North Hollywood Cinefest, Audience prize R.E.D festival, Nominated for best Animation at Frame Dance Film Festival, London. Mexico City screening Movimiento en Movimiento, IFVA festival Hong Kong.
