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Animation Night 2023
Filmstill Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter
Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter
Tess Martin
A photo placed between several other objects on a kitchen table comes to life and opens a window through space and time to the outside.
Filmstill Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter

Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter

Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Animated Film
Netherlands
2022
3 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

A kitchen table with several objects on it stands still. But time provides movement. A candle burns down rapidly, a photo draped on the table comes to life. It shows a young woman making a cup of tea. Old hands approach the table to touch the letter lying there. Life on the photo stands still.

Franka Sachse

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Tess Martin
Script
Tess Martin
Cinematographer
Matija Pekić
Producer
Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Sound Design
Jorick Bronius
Score
Jorick Bronius
Animation
Tess Martin, Marike Verbiest