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SMOLT (2013)

Name: SMOLT (2013)
Director: Michael Higgins
Genre: Experimental
Released: 2013
Duration: 65 min

TitleSMOLT

A film byMichael Higgins

Year2013

Country of productionIreland

GenreExperimental

FormatVarious

LanguageEnglish

Duration65 min

ProductionExperimental Film Society

Funding bodiesSelf-funded

Synopsis

smolt: a young salmon migrating to sea for the first time. In the style of a bootleg VHS, SMOLT is a portrayal of an eventful few days in the lives of Darren and Leon — two Irish kids who generally have to fend for themselves. While killing time selling second-hand cigarettes, the boys run into trouble with a girl, a gun and a shipment of counterfeit football jerseys. Twisting from cinéma vérité to improvisation to pre-scripted lines, SMOLT offers an intimate, visceral slice-of-life of two kids in their concrete playground, Dublin City.

Credits

Directed: Michael Higgins
Based on a screenplay by: Daniel Bevan
Additional Writing: Michael Higgins & Naomi Morgan
Camera: Luca Rocchini, Michael Higgins, Adam Carolan, Ryan Ward & Naomi Morgan
Production Design: Padraig O’Neill
Sound: Karl Doyle
Music: Brian Conniffe
Featuring: Adam Carolan, Ryan Ward and Naomi Morgan
Producer: Ciara Gillan