Films : The Tongue of the Hidden : all
animate! synopsis
Characters and environment created entirely from the letters and the written words of the 13th century Persian metaphysical poet Hafez. An original and kinetic meditation offering insight into Iranian culture beyond the two dimensional popular view.
key credits
- director
- David Alexander Anderson
- artist
- Jila Peacock
David Alexander Anderson
short biography
David Anderson, a filmmaker whose work has encompassed experimental animation, drama, theatre and dance, trained at Bath Academy of Art and the National Film and Television School. His degree film Dreamland Express won a British Academy Award. Later films, including Deadsy and Door made in collaboration with the writer Russell Hoban, have gathered a multitude of awards, notably the Hiroshima Peace Prize for Dreamless Sleep. He has been visiting professor of animation at Harvard University, and now lives in Lewes, Sussex.
June 2006
artist’s website
David's website
Jila Peacock
short biography
Jila Peacock was born in Iran, studied medicine and fine art in London then moved to Glasgow in 1990. Her paintings have been widely exhibited in shows across the UK. In her latest book Ten Poems from Hafez, her calligraphic images of animals are entirely formed from the original Arabic script of the poems. The work is on display in the 2006 British Museum exhibition entitled Word into Art.
June 2006
artist’s website
Jila's website
a film by David Alexander Anderson in collaboration with Jila Peacock
direction
- director
- David Alexander Anderson
image personnel
- artist
- Jila Peacock
© David Alexander Anderson 2006
image © Jila Peacock
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image © Jila Peacock
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pre-production concept still
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technical
process summary
Calligraphy with 2D and 3D CGI
production material
reference images
- Illustration by Jila Peacock on the front cover of her book Ten Poems from Hafez
- The paperback version of the original limited handprint edition of Jila Peacock’s book Ten Poems from Hafez is published by and available from Sylph Editions.
