The Hour Glass
Bader - ages 18+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013
Joscha Thelosen / Short Narrative / Germany, United Kingdom / 2012 / 10 min / Colour / HDCAM / In No Dialogue / (No Subtitles) subtitles / Qatar Premiere
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
Synopsis
In Competition
Death leads a lonely, routine life, lacking any real excitement, until he finds an abandoned baby girl on his doorstep and decides to raise the child as his own. Trouble is, the child is subject to aging and, after many years spent together with her adopted parent, her time is up. Can Death cheat death to keep his daughter alive? A beautiful apologue on love and loss.
About the Director
Born in Germany, Joscha Thelosen is an animator, iIllustrator and storyteller who specialises in creating new and compelling worlds. He studied Communication Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen and at the Ravensbourne College of Communication & Design . ‘The Hour Glass’, his directorial debut, has won several awards.
Credits
- Director
- Joscha Thelosen
- Screenwriter
- Joscha Thelosen
- Producer
- Joscha Thelosen
- Editor
- Joscha Thelosen
- Music
- Lee Carter
- Cast
- Gregory Ovenden, Natalie Maciw