Backstory
Director: Mark Lewis
This film was supported by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, Arts Council England & the ICA as part of the BRITDOCART scheme. The four BRITDOCART films will be shown as part of a UK tour during the course of 2009. To be notified of screening dates and venues, please sign up to our email bulletins
Synopsis
Co-Production Partners: Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation (London), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Germany), Galerie Serge Le Borgne (Paris), Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver), Clark & Faria (Toronto), Le Grand Café (Saint–Nazaire).
A short documentary exploring the fabulous history and unique technique of cinematic rear projection, the method by which the ‘real’ was introduced into studio films. Through interviews, anecdotes and employing rear projection, this film will tell the story of the Hansards, who, through their small family-run business, provided rear projection for most of the classic Hollywood movies from the 1930s onwards. A film celebrating a unique piece of cinematic history and an art form which has all but died with the onset of digital technology.
About the director
Mark Lewis makes (short form) films and photographs for gallery installation. His work investigates the pictorial possibilities of the moving image. He has previously worked with rear-projection as a narrative device in his film.
Mark is represented by Galerie Serge le Borgne in Paris, Clark & Faria, Toronto and Monte Clark, Vancouver. Recent solo exhibitions include Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy, Univeristy of Brighton Gallery and Man_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. In 2009 Mark Lewis represented Canada at the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
Sales/Screening Contact
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- Toronto International Film Festival 2009
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2009
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010
- 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Italy