'We shall not cease from exploration/
And the end of all our exploring/
Will be to arrive where we first started/
And know the place for the first time'.
(from 'Little Gidding' by T. S. Eliot)
NEWS!
Vainilla Chip was screened as part of the Official Selection to compete at the Bilbao International Short and Documentary Film Festival during November 2009. It has also been selected by the British Council for inclusion in a selection of British short films during 2009.
The Silent Accomplice has now entered the final stages of post-production. Following a test cinema screening during the first week of February 2010, we will be finishing off the film. A private preview will follow soon. Please come back for further news.
The entire short documentary set in Cuba entitled Vainilla Chip is now available for viewing.
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One Day Films Limited is an independent film production and distribution company based in the United Kingdom that currently mainly handles the cinematic work of writer and director, Erik Knudsen.
Set in rural and urban Britain, The Silent Accomplice is a story seen through the perspective of water flowing from a spring to the sea. This ever-present silent protagonist engages with people in often intimate moments in their lives, resulting in an intimate snapshot of contemporary Britain. Learn more...
Set in the small Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños, Vainilla Chip tells the story of an ordinary day for an elderly ice cream maker, Javier Casanova, whose every day has become painfully pierced by an acute sense of longing for his deceased wife. Documentary, 17 minutes. Learn more...
Erik Knudsen directed the moving image components of Horse & Bamboo Theatre Company's evocative mask and puppet stage production, Veil. Two young women, two generations, two cultures. Veil, the most ambitious production in Horse & Bamboo's 30 year history, toured the UK in 2008 and will go on a second tour during 2009. Learn more...