The Holiday
DVCAM video cassette Colour Sound 2010 10:48
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Summary: A film directed by Ida Akesson, and produced by Sian Habell-Aili, with funding from the Eastern Edge Film Fund (2010). Also with paper work concerning the making of the film, as well as digital photographs of stills from the film taken by Ida Akesson.
The synopsis of the film is as follows:
'Banter around the Burger Van is always animated – especially with Ken griping to his mates about his nagging wife and kids. It’s an endless family saga...
But Ken’s home isn’t your typical family abode...in fact, there is no family. He lives with his elderly mother, on a diet of frozen ready meals. In reality he doesn’t get out much, and the only life worth talking about is the one he’s invented.
Inspiration can come from anywhere, kids playing football, a TV advert for family holidays...and so Ken’s next adventure is born, a two-week holiday to Spain, how hard can that be to fabricate?
But who is Ken really fooling? And what is the real tragedy...Ken’s imaginary existence, or the reality of a life without fantasy?'
Title number: 21929
LSA ID: LSA/28749
Description: A film directed by Ida Akesson, and produced by Sian Habell-Aili, with funding from the Eastern Edge Film Fund (2010). Also with paper work concerning the making of the film, as well as digital photographs of stills from the film taken by Ida Akesson.
The synopsis of the film is as follows:
'Banter around the Burger Van is always animated – especially with Ken griping to his mates about his nagging wife and kids. It’s an endless family saga...
But Ken’s home isn’t your typical family abode...in fact, there is no family. He lives with his elderly mother, on a diet of frozen ready meals. In reality he doesn’t get out much, and the only life worth talking about is the one he’s invented.
Inspiration can come from anywhere, kids playing football, a TV advert for family holidays...and so Ken’s next adventure is born, a two-week holiday to Spain, how hard can that be to fabricate?
But who is Ken really fooling? And what is the real tragedy...Ken’s imaginary existence, or the reality of a life without fantasy?'
Further information: Ida Akesson is a Swedish writer and director who lives in London. She spent her early twenties playing in bands on the UK indie music scene before deciding to concentrate on filmmaking.
After graduating from St Martin's College of Art she wrote and directed her first short film 'Life' in 2003, followed by 'The Opportunity' in 2005.
In 2007, she completed a Masters in Screenwriting at London College of Communications. She then continued directing short films, including the 20 min documentary 'A Place for Strangers' for the Borough of Waltham Forest and short comedy 'Door to Door', which received its UK premiere at the BFM International Film Festival in London in November 2009.
“The Holiday” is a 10 minute tragicomedy funded by the Eastern Edge Film Fund in association with a number of partners, including Film London, the UK Film Council and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It was nominated 'Best British Short' Super Shorts International Film Festival 2010.
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