Poet of the Elephant House

Colour, HD CAM
Sweden, 2010, 29 min
WP – World premiere
Section: Documentary Films in Competition

Synopsis

Swedish documentarist Anna Juhlin offers a portrait of her grandfather, a Turkish poet who became a passionate photographer of well-known faces from the world of avant-garde art. Employing myriad old photographs, they browse together through his life, which the filmmaker investigates, both in terms of visuals and content, with an uncommon feeling for the subtleties of poetry. A movie about a poet who photographed Man Ray and Samuel Beckett; a portrait of a man who found the magic of poetry not only in black-and-white photographs but in life itself.

About the director

Anna Juhlin shot her first film Anna (a six-minute short) at age 17. She studied photography and film, and she is currently involved in ecological landscaping. She does illustration work for magazines and collaborates on sound installations.