When The Telescope Came

Dir. Kate Jessop / UK / 5:00 / Fiction
Ideas and words from cosmology and physics inspire this story about a woman who tries to stop the stars from falling into her house.

What Our Film Advisors Are Saying…

I could watch this one again and again: the narrator’s voice, the play of light and the music induce a trance state in which the words sink right beneath the skin. A lovely combination of homely and celestial.
-Anne Collins, Publisher

I liked the feel of this one….a little impenetrable, but it was compelling nonetheless. The technique was interesting…a bit like an underground comic.
-Gary Thomas, Filmmaker

 

ABOUT THE FILM:  ‘When the telescope came’ is a short film based on the poem by Diana Syder, about a woman who tries to stop the stars falling into her house. The film features performance artist Adela Jones and incorporates animation with performance and hand drawn sets. Commissioned by Literature Northwest.

PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
Femme Fantastique Award, London Short Film Festival Jan 08
Manchester Literature Festival Oct 07

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Kate Jessop is a Manchester based artist and filmmaker and is currently artist in residence at MMU. Her practice is predominantly moving image encompassing a range of analogue and digital techniques including animation, live action and sound. She has had work shown internationally and nationally including Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Canada and is one of the co-founders of Girls on Film.
http://www.katejessop.co.uk

 
ABOUT THE BOOK:  Diana is one of Britain´s leading poets of science and crosses the boundaries between disciplines. She uses ideas and vocabulary from cosmology and physics to inspire her work and, as well as writing her own poetry, she encouraged EEE staff and students to take the opportunity to write themselves – anything from sci-fi to rap lyrics. She has published her new collection, called String; The New Scientist calls it “a dazzling celebration of an inquiring human mind´

Film Info Sheet

Based on a Poem in The Planet Box
By Diana Syder
Comma Press
ISBN 978-1905583249

Film Credits

DIRECTOR
Kate Jessop

WRITER
Diana Syder

PERFORMER
Adela Jones

NARRATOR
Cerrie Burnell

MUSIC
CVlocub