preservation
Synopsis
It is late 1890’s and she runs a failing taxidermy business inherited from her father. Seeking out her dead, beloved father she is easy is easy prey for a charming spiritualist photographer. But when she takes on a boarder to make ends meet, her ordered world is shaken up when he brings home loose women, drinks to drown his nightmares and encroaches on her personal space. As Nick and Daphne’s secrets unravel under the glassy glare of dead animals, a tenuous and fragile love grows between two people who thought themselves lost to love.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Della Churchill
Director of Photography: Cordelia Beresford
Editor: Simon Martin
Original Music: Amanda Brown
Sound Designer: Liam Price
Production Designer: Elizabeth Mary Moore
Costume Designer: Margot Wilson
cast
Daphne: Jacqueline McKenzie
Nick: Jack Finsterer
Mr Crewe: Simon Burke
Mrs Perez: Fiona Martinelli
Kelly: Genevieve Hegney
Mrs Harrison: Kris McQuade
Awards
Hors Concours Award – Banff TV Market
Nominated – Best Screenplay in a Short Film ACCTA Awards
Nominated – Best Short Film ACCTA Awards
Nominated – Open Craft Award Production and Costume Design ACCTA Awards
Nominated – Best Short Film Film Critics Circle Awards
Nominated – Best Short Screenplay AWGIE Awards
Festivals
- SBS, TVNZ, ABC Asia Pacific
- Sydney International Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film Festival
- 50 minutes from Home: An Australian Film Festival
- Cinema des Antipodes Festival, St Tropez
- Festival du Film de Paris, Paris
- FIPA, Festival International des Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz
- Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester
- Telluride Independent Film Festival
- London Deaf Film Festival
It is late 1890’s and Daphne runs a failing taxidermy business inherited from her father. Seeking out her dead, beloved father she is easy is easy prey for a charming spiritualist photographer. But when she takes on a boarder to make ends meet, her ordered world is shaken up when he brings home loose women, drinks to drown his nightmares and encroaches on her personal space. As Nick and Daphne’s secrets unravel under the glassy glare of dead animals, a tenuous and fragile love grows between two people who thought themselves lost to love.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Della Churchill
Director of Photography: Cordelia Beresford
Editor: Simon Martin
Original Music: Amanda Brown
Sound Designer: Liam Price
Production Designer: Elizabeth Mary Moore
Costume Designer: Margot Wilson
cast
Daphne: Jacqueline McKenzie
Nick: Jack Finsterer
Mr Crewe: Simon Burke
Mrs Perez: Fiona Martinelli
Kelly: Genevieve Hegney
Mrs Harrison: Kris McQuade
