Emma Jones stars as Sophie in Last of Our Kind, Directed by Reed O'Beirne.
Weaving together film, music and poetry, Last of Our Kind transforms the memory of a lost love into a ritualistic incantation of longing. Action is exaggerated and time seems to blur, as the lovers’ tale unfolds poetically into a modern interpretation of the Persephone myth.
Shot entirely on super-8, the movie traces a poem, line by line, throughout the city of Seattle in sequences of time-lapse photography blended with live-action that collapse and rearrange time and events into memories. Shot as a silent film, Last of Our Kind features an original soundtrack created by Robin Guthrie (co-founder of the band Cocteau Twins) interwoven with a voiceover recitation of Rick Linville’s poem.
Awards
United States Super 8 and Digital Video
Festival Grand Prize
Best Short Film
Film Festivals Official Selection
Seattle Transmedia &Independent Film Festival
OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai China
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
AVIFF Cannes Cannes, France
Cine a la Calle Festival Barranquilla, Colombia
Festival Chileno Internacional del Cortometraje De Santiago, Chile
Oaxaca Film Festival Oaxaca, Mexico
Nemzetkozi Super 8mm Festical Szeged, Hungary
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
6th Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Contemporary Art Ruhr Media Art Fair Essen, Germany
Twin Rivers Media Festival Asheville
Experimental Film Festival, Portland
Experiments in Cinema V8.53 Albuquerque
9th Berlin International Directors Lounge Berlin
United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Rutgers, New York
New Filmmakers Winter Festival 2013 New York
Magical Charm Experimental Film & Video Festival, New York
Mississippi International Film Festival, Jackson