Afterword
Short Film
Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life.
Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an ended relationship, she resorts to sharing any piece of advice she can muster.
Her reflection on their differences strikes up an imaginary conversation.
Original soundtrack by Ralf Hildenbeutel available as download and stream.
| AWARDS The Quarantine Film Festival 2019 Best Experimental Buenos Aires Film Festival 2019 Screendance Jury Award Leeds Film Festival 2018 Jury Award Bayreuth Filmfest 2018 Best Actress NYC Indie Film Festival 2018 Honorable Mention Lisbon Film Awards 2018 Best Cinematography Beeston Film Festival 2018 Best Sound Beeston Film Festival 2018 RGU Film Festival 2018 Almaty Indie Film Festival 2018 Award of Excellence One-Reeler 2018 Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll FBW 2017 Best Short Film Plebeian Film Festival 2017 Achievement Award Berlin Flash Film 2017 NOMINATIONS Best Editing German Camera Award 2018 Best Music Lisbon Film Awards 2018 Best of Fest Blackbird Film Festival 2018 Best Directing at Beeston Film Festival 2018 Award Finalist Twin Cities Film Festival 2017 PUBLICATIONS AG Kurzfilm Catalogue 2018 AG Kurzfilm DVD 2018 AVA Library 2018 Kurz + Hessisch 2018 MEDIA Film Shortage Omeleto Kanvaz Magazine Vox Populi FBW | FILM FESTIVALS Biennale del Cortometraggio di Vicenza 2019 Two Short Nights 2019 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2018 DC Independent Film Festival 2018 Nottingham International Film Festival 2018 Reggio Film Festival 2018 Montecatini Short Film Festival 2018 Molodist 2018 Leeds Film Festival 2018 NYC Indie Film Festival 2018 Lichter Filmfest 2018 Short Film Week Regensburg 2018 Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2018 Filmfestival Innsbruck 2018 Landshut Short Film Festival 2018 Filmz Mainz 2018 Film Festival Weiterstadt 2018 Thessaloniki Film Festival 2018 Short Film Festival Detmold 2018 Lisbon Film Award 2018 Berliner Kurzfilmrolle 2018 Neisse Film Festival 2018 Solar Cinema Malta 2018 Filmfestival Kitzbühel 2018 Blackbird Film Festival 2018 Filmfest Bremen 2018 Riverside Short Film Festival 2018 Film Festival Munich Bunter Hund 2018 Verden Short Film Festival 2018 Beeston Film Festival 2018 Shortcutz 2018 Kontrast 2018 Boddinale 2018 RGU Film Festival 2018 Videodanza Modena 2018 Film Festival Münster 2017 Film Festival Braunschweig 2017 Interfilm Berlin 2017 New York City Short Film Festival 2017 Twin Cities Film Festival 2017 |
REVIEWS
| "Whilst the story itself is poetic and so well crafted it rises ‘from the ashes of a love story’, toward layers that could be interpreted as societal or political commentary." Jury Leeds International Film Festival "With AFTERWORD, filmmaker Boris Seewald succeeds in creating the perfect symbiosis of image and sound. [...] A highly captivating cinematic work of art of a special kind." FBW "From the formidably specific and detailed script, to the choreography and the absolutely awe-aspiring performance by Marama Corlett. It took fabulous directing and editing to give it its poetic beat, and a parsing soundtrack to glue it all together." Film Shortage "A beautiful evocation of a young woman discovering her own sense of self." Vox Populi | "An absolute sense of style and a weakness for analog devices characterize this spun mixture of dance and animation film. As if Miranda July and Wes Anderson were telling the separation story of Amélie. Film Festival Münster "Boris Seewald juxtaposes us with our neglectful behavior in a poetic story about heartbreak. [...] The film shows us that we can achieve the unimaginable and that love will come once those insights have arisen." Kanvaz Magazine "The great pleasure of Afterword is its beautiful poetic stream of language, brought to life with a compelling performance by lead actor Marama Corlett [...] the visuals add mood and texture and heighten the emotional ups and downs, as does the powerful musical score, which is a pleasure to listen to all on its own." Omeleto |
Directed by BORIS SEEWALD
Written by PHILIP MOORE
Cast MARAMA CORLETT
Voice-Over PATRICK HANNA
Director of Photography GEORG SIMBENI
Music RALF HILDENBEUTEL
Sound VOLKER WENDISCH
Color STEPHAN WALSCH
Stylist DEBORAH HANNA-SCHENK
Choreography LEA HLADTKA, SASKIA ASSOHOTO
Produced by SEEWALD & HANNA
© 2017 Boris Seewald