Private Project

Lost Wax

The two 11-year-old girls Alma and Sita form small wax figures. The staff of a foundry in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, help them go through the creation of bronze figures based on their their wax models. The ancient process is called lost wax casting. Sand, heat, fire, acid and water are the elements that are needed to create a bronze in a dramatic procedure that today has become a specialized art tool and might be extinct soon.

  • Anna Faroqhi
    Director
    Lana's Story, Bauhaus Windows
  • Haim Peretz
    Director
    Lana's Story, Bauhaus Windows
  • Faroqhi Peretz Film Production
    Producer
    Lana's Story, Bauhaus Windows
  • Alma Schily
    Key Cast
  • Sita Faroqhi
    Key Cast
  • Thomas Kürstner
    Score
    Anna Karenina (opera), Wahlverwandtschaften (opera)
  • Sebastian Vogel
    Score
    Faust I & II (theatre music)
  • Jenny Schily (German narration)
    narrator
    The Strange Kitten, Dora - or the Sexual Neurosis of our Parents
  • Emily Pennant-Rea (English narration)
    narrator
    Tincture of Vervain (2011) and Worst Fears (2016)
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Verlorene Formen
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    children, documentation, essay
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 19, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Hak-İş Short Film Festival
    Ankara
    Turkey
    December 8, 2019
    World Premiere
  • Kino Arsenal Berlin, public screening
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 15, 2019
    German Premier
  • Lift Of Sessions
    Los Angeles
    United States
Distribution Information
  • Faroqhi Peretz Film Production
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Anna Faroqhi, Haim Peretz

Anna Faroqhi & Haim Peretz are artists and authors of experimental documentary films. They have been working together since 2003, collaborating as a team and undertaking individual projects.

They create films, documentaries, design exhibitions and run interactive drawing projects in schools and cultural institutions.
Faroqhi is also an author of graphic novels.

In their work, they portray life in the big cities with the reoccurring topics of migration and lifelong learning.
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