Experiencing Interruptions?

It is said

The things people say about loss; the things we believe until we experience it.

  • Janet Lees
    Director
  • Janet Lees
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Videopoetry, poetry film
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 21, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Janet Lees

Janet Lees is a lens-based artist and poet. Her films have been selected for many festivals and screenings, including the Aesthetica Art Prize, the International Vidoepoetry Festival, and the Zebra Poetry Film Festival. In 2021 she won the Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film competition. Her art photography has been exhibited around the world and her poetry is widely published and anthologised. She has had two books published: 'House of water', a collection of her poems and art photographs, and 'A bag of sky', the winning collection in the Frosted Fire Firsts prize hosted by the UK's Cheltenham Poetry Festival.

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Director Statement

I use the camera as a storytelling machine as much as a documenting device. I think film and photography – and the poetry they create – are the most important means of expression in these intensely difficult times. In various ways I chronicle loss, personal and universal, through my work, in this case the loss of my youngest sister Carole.