Lek and the Dogs
Synopsis
Experimental artist and auteur Andrew Kotting creates a groundbreaking crossover between narrative film and contemporary art piece, based on the award-winning play by Hattie Naylor. The film is inspired by the true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his Moscow apartment at the age of four and spent two years living on the city streets where he was adopted by a pack of wild dogs. In the recession-ravaged city, Ivan’s human world was dominated by deprivation and violence; his only hope was to turn to feral dogs for company, protection and warmth. Kotting’s spellbinding and utterly original story of survival conjures the streets of Moscow in the 1990s through the eyes of a child, drawing on a range of innovative modes and techniques to produce a montage essay on the state of the world.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 - International premiere
http://www.andrewkotting.com
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 92 mins
- Format
- Mixed
- Director
- Andrew Kötting
- Producer
- Nick Taussig, Paul Van Carter
- Co-Producer
- Andrew Kötting
- Executive Producer
- Lizzie Francke, Ian Berg, Christopher J Reynolds
- Editor
- Andrew Kotting
- Screenwriter
- Hattie Naylor (play), Andrew Kötting (script)
- Director of Photography
- Nick Gordon Smith
- Sound
- Nick Gordon Smith, Andrew Kotting
- Music
- Jem Finer
- Principal Cast
- Xavier Tchili, Clay Barnard, Catherine Tchili, Sarah Lloyd, Antonia Beamish, Alan Moore
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th March 2018
