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Poppy Ackroyd Trains

Poppy Ackroyd is a British post-classical composer.
Her main instruments are the piano and the violin, but she doesn’t treat them in a classical way.
She creates her pieces by sampling sounds, beats and rhythms she generates by tapping the housing and strings of her instruments. She loops and records them, successively adding further layers of sound, until a new orchestral space is achieved. She completes this by adding the clean sound of a classical piano.
This process has inspired the narration of my film.
The world is seen as a vibration, and everything in it is seen as rhythm and repetition.
Nature pulsates, creating a transcendental pulse.
Poppy, as a Demiurge, responds to the rhythm or creates it herself.
Both worlds - elements of nature and the space within her instrument - coexist and filter through each other. This coexistence is reflected in the picture. Life is a journey and the strings, just like railway tracks, mark the direction. The world is enclosed in the piano, and the piano becomes the world.
The world vanishes when Poppy stops playing.

The film was created to promote Poppy Ackroyd's single and her third album.
Both the film and the single ’Trains' will premiere on nowness.com in November 2017. The album will be released by One Little Indian on the 26th of January 2018 in the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Australia.

The film has received a number of prizes and was shown at many short film festivals around the world.

  • Jola Kudela
    Director
  • Poppy Ackroyd
    Music
  • Jola Kudela
    Producer
  • Jola Kudela & Maciej Kozlowski
    DOP
  • Jola Kudela
    Editing, CGI, Online
  • Aga Lesiewicz
    Production Support
  • Maciej Kozlowski
    Production Support
  • Kola Calfos
    Lighting Facilities
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 3, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Best Shorts Competition
    La Jolla, San Diego
    United States
    July 4, 2017
    Best Music Video
  • Gold Movie Awards Goddess Nike
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 11, 2018
    Best Videoclip monthly edition Winner
  • International Independent Film Awards - Fall Session
    Encino, Los Angeles
    United States
    June 25, 2017
    Platinum Award
  • LA. Mindfield Film Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    August 31, 2017
    Diamond Award Best Music Video
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    July 11, 2017
    Best Music Video - monthly edition winner
  • Los Angeles Music Video Festival
    Los Angeles
    United Kingdom
    October 1, 2017
    UNOFFICIAL Music Video - Finalist
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
    Warsaw
    Poland
    September 24, 2017
    Best Music Video - Finalist
  • Les Films de la Toile
    Saint Denis
    France
    September 1, 2017
    semi Finalist
  • DIRECTORS CUT FILM FESTIVAL
    Vancouver, B.C.
    Canada
    November 19, 2017
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    August 12, 2017
  • ARFF Paris // Around International Film Festival
    los Angeles
    United States
    April 15, 2018
  • Bucharest ShortCut CineFest
    Bucharest
    Romania
    August 27, 2017
  • Leeds International Film Festival
    Leeds
    United Kingdom
    November 2, 2017
  • Gold Movie Awards Goddess Nike
  • TMC London Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    July 28, 2017
  • Experimental Superstars
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    August 24, 2017
  • TMC London Film Festival
    london
    United Kingdom
    August 6, 2017
    TMCLFF Award of Recognition
  • Best Shorts Competition
  • International Independent Film Awards - Fall Session
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
  • Los Angeles Music Video Festival
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
  • Les Films de la Toile
  • DIRECTORS CUT FILM FESTIVAL
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Los Angeles
  • ARFF Paris // Around International Film Festival
  • Bucharest ShortCut CineFest
  • Leeds International Film Festival
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Experimental Superstars
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Best Shorts Competition
  • Gold Movie Awards Goddess Nike
  • International Independent Film Awards - Fall Session
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
  • Los Angeles Music Video Festival
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
  • Les Films de la Toile
  • DIRECTORS CUT FILM FESTIVAL
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Los Angeles
  • ARFF Paris // Around International Film Festival
  • Bucharest ShortCut CineFest
  • Leeds International Film Festival
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Experimental Superstars
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Best Shorts Competition
  • Gold Movie Awards Goddess Nike
  • International Independent Film Awards - Fall Session
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
  • Los Angeles Music Video Festival
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
  • Les Films de la Toile
  • DIRECTORS CUT FILM FESTIVAL
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Los Angeles
  • ARFF Paris // Around International Film Festival
  • Bucharest ShortCut CineFest
  • Leeds International Film Festival
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Experimental Superstars
  • TMC London Film Festival
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 14, 2018
    LSFF: New Shorts: Experiments: Leftfield and Luscious
Director Biography - Jola Kudela

Jola Kudela was born in Poland and now travels between Paris, London and Warsaw for various projects. Kudela graduated from the Lodz Film School (Masters in Animation and Visual Effects) and completed her training at the department of animated film at CFT Gobelins in Paris.
After 20 years of experience as a compositing artist (Nuke Flame, MPC, DNeg, The Mill) She currently works as director, animation director and visual supervisor.

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Director Statement

it was my first solo project that I’ve self-produced, directed, shot and post produced.
Maciek Kozlowski helped me with filming Poppy’s performance
Aga Gronowicz with editing.
ORKA let me use their edit facilities.
Severine Hamilton and Kola Calfos helped me to organise affordable lighting.
Jan, Ros and Doug showed me the most beautiful beaches in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Aga Lesiewicz helped me to organise and finance the project.

This project wouldn’t have happened without their help.