Adlais

The Dyffyn Nanttle valley has been quarried for slate since the 14th century. This activity has all but ceased in the 21st century.

The sound of industry breaths ever quieter, the legacy left is both tactile and aural. The gradient lines have shifted due to the physical change in the geography. Nature has returned and the wildlife no longer competes to be heard. The echoes of this past activity however are evident in all directions. The roads change in direction to navigate around the works, the tip piles contrasting the green foliage.

Adlais seeks to explore this unique landscape by extracting sounds and visuals directly from it.

  • James Davoll
    Director
    Far From Heaven, A Toxic Love Affair
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Welsh
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 28, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Welsh
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Canon C300
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Short to the Point
    Bucharest
    Romania
    January 31, 2019
  • Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
    Carmarthen Bay
    United Kingdom
    May 27, 2019
    Welsh
    Official Selection, Finalist John Hefin Award Short List
  • Wales Independent Documentary Film Festival
    Cardiff
    United Kingdom
    May 7, 2019
  • 29 MML
    Asturias
    Spain
    May 17, 2019
  • Wales International Film Festival
    Swansea
    United Kingdom
    September 23, 2019
    Winner Best Experimental Film
Director Biography - James Davoll


James Davoll is a multi-disciplined artist working across creative digital media, video installation, film, photography, performance and sound. James’ practice explores specific landscapes asking questions of their contemporary role, relevance and our emotive response to them. He has produced works for the Being Human Festival, The Dark Outside Festival and the Festival of Humanity.

James seeks to investigate our complex and contradictory relationship with the natural world. Beginning his art career in analogue photography he has become more and more interested in the intersection of the visual and sonic landscape as well as bringing liveness into his work.

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Director Statement

With my main background in photography I have found myself more and more bewitched by the art of sound, the moving image and performance. Sound can be the most direct way of engaging with a subject and makes for an enlightening and evocative medium to explore the outside world. Sound and Film combined affect our emotions immediately without thought or explanation. As an artist I am interested in the intersection of the visual and sonic landscape.