- You are here: Home > NOAH
You are here
CinemaPRO -
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 23:00
Written by:
Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg
Cast:
Sam Kantor, Caitlin McConkey-Pirie
Cinematography:
Matthew Kinch
Editing:
Patrick Cederberg
Sound:
Aaron Yeung
Animation:
Patrick Cederberg
Producer:
Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg
Production:
KoalaMotion
Romanian premiere
NOAH represents the romance that occurs in the era of online networking, consisting only of images displayed on a computer monitor. It is about the life of the main character, Noah Lennox, who even while talking with his girlfriend, often connects to other trivial happenings in another city or around the world. He feels, communicates, and eventually loses something on the Internet - on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. With a narrative focused on our era of doubt and grief, the film is nothing but a comprehensive interpretation of how digital story-telling has changed our daily life, thoughts, and emotions. (Byeong-won Jang, Jeonju International Film Festival)
Director:
Born in Canada, PATRICK CEDERBERG studied Film at Ryerson University, in Toronto, where he met WALTER WOODMAN in his second year of studying. Noah, his graduation film, is co-directed with him. Woodman and Cederberg have been making films together for three years. While in their third year, Noah was chosen by Ryerson professors as one of the top four films from the TIFF student show case, which meant it would go on to be featured in the 2013 festival. (Ryersonfolio.com)
Contact:
walter[at]koalamotion[dot]com
Festivals, awards:
- Grand Prix, Audience Award - Lab Competition Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2014
- Best Short-Film, Toronto Film Critics Award - Toronto International Film Festival 2013
- Sao Paolo International Film Festival 2013
- Milano Film Festival 2013
- Istanbul Film Festival 2013
- Nashville International Film Festival 2014
- Mexico International Film Festival 2013
Curator's statement:
Among the many films that attempt to investigate people’s behaviour in the digital era, NOAH is one of the most radical and effective. The cinema screen is replaced entirely by the desktop (or smartphone home screen), and the protagonist disappears down internet rabbit holes. Through both these things, the film frames ideas that are impossible to fully describe in any other way. But its strength doesn’t lie solely in its methods: with an almost poetic touch, there is the suggestion at the end that humanity hasn’t destroyed itself through these millions of accounts and profiles, but that maybe it’s just changed shape: like a song dedicated to a chance encounter on Chatroulette. (Vincent Rossini, Milano Film Festival)
Among the many films that attempt to investigate people’s behaviour in the digital era, NOAH is one of the most radical and effective. The cinema screen is replaced entirely by the desktop (or smartphone home screen), and the protagonist disappears down internet rabbit holes. Through both these things, the film frames ideas that are impossible to fully describe in any other way. But its strength doesn’t lie solely in its methods: with an almost poetic touch, there is the suggestion at the end that humanity hasn’t destroyed itself through these millions of accounts and profiles, but that maybe it’s just changed shape: like a song dedicated to a chance encounter on Chatroulette. (Vincent Rossini, Milano Film Festival)