Private Project

Last Tape

A young woman, Tallulah, reads Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, and turns her life into Crab's Last Tape. She finds herself immersed in Krapp, Crab, and Crap.

  • Becca-Willow Moss
    Director
  • Becca-Willow Moss
    Writer
  • Denise Bodan
    Producer
  • Becca-Willow Moss
    Key Cast
  • Marco De Acetis
    Cinematographer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    romance, theatre, absurdist
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Becca-Willow Moss

Becca Willow Moss is an advocate for using artistic outlets to express the emotional landscape of the body. As a director, writer, and multimedia artist, she employs all art forms to communicate with others. Becca Willow has extensive experience with artistic output, outreach, hyper-stylized aesthetics and creating community-based films.

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Director Statement

Elderly actors are uplifted in my practice through casting and execution of story. I work in retirement homes singing to the elderly. Thus, I often embrace the themes of death, gender, and mourning when approaching my film. My work with the elderly reminds me that I am privileged as a young woman to use my body and voice as I choose to in the media. I have a burning urge to spark dialogues, foster safe spaces, and inspire others to explore themselves on screen. These characters showcase a unique exploration of isolation.

Last Tape is a contemplative, slow-burn film that explores themes of mortality, care, and the passage of time through the lens of a young woman’s relationship with her elderly father. Set in a modest house at the edge of a small village, the film takes place during the last summer of the father’s life. As he grows weaker, the daughter, Tallulah, in her late twenties, becomes his primary caregiver, helping him navigate his daily routines and the slow decline of his health. She finds companionship in the waters, the crabs and in morbid thoughts within literature.