{"id":11117,"date":"2022-06-24T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T12:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=11117"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T12:08:44","slug":"professor-esther-johnsons-new-feature-film-dust-metal-will-receive-its-world-premiere-at-this-years-sheffield-docfest-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/professor-esther-johnsons-new-feature-film-dust-metal-will-receive-its-world-premiere-at-this-years-sheffield-docfest-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Esther Johnson’s new feature film DUST & METAL will receive its world premiere at this year\u2019s Sheffield DocFest (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Professor\u00a0Esther Johnson<\/a>‘s new feature film\u00a0DUST & METAL<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0will receive its world premiere at this year\u2019s\u00a0Sheffield DocFest<\/b><\/a>\u00a0with a live\u00a0<\/span>soundtrack performance\u00a0on\u00a0Monday 27 June from 8pm<\/b>\u00a0at the magnificent\u00a0Memorial Hall<\/b>\u00a0in Sheffield City Hall. The film will screen in the form of a\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201ccine-concert\u201d with the film\u2019s new electronic score performed live by Vietnamese artist\u00a0<\/span>Xo Xinh. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tickets and passes are available <\/b><\/span>here<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DUST & METAL<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0(<\/span>CAT B\u1ee4I & KIM LO\u1ea0I)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>presents stories of ‘freedom’ in Vietnam past and present told through the lens of the country\u2019s ubiquitous mode of transport: the motorbike. Stepping away from Hollywood\u2019s portrayals of the American\/Vietnam War,\u00a0Dust & Metal<\/i>\u00a0offers an unorthodox perspective of Vietnam. Through a unique partnership with the Vietnam Film Institute to digitize rare archive film, this Vietnamese-British project funded by the British Council is an unmissable audio-visual live cinema experience. Through the repositioning of difficult to access archive film, contemporary footage, and a live score composed and performed by Vietnamese artist Xo Xinh,\u00a0Dust & Metal<\/i>\u00a0will make rare archive film available to new audiences and illuminate unfamiliar histories of Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, The British Council provided\u00a0Dust & Metal\u00a0<\/i>with \u00a350,000 in funding from their Digital Collaboration Fund, enabling the completion of the film in the face of the significant barriers posed by the pandemic. To complete the film in Vietnam, the Live Cinema UK-produced project partnered with the Vietnam Film Institute and Hanoi-based film collaborative TPD: The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents, to remotely produce this innovative archive documentary, sharing never-before digitised archive materials between Vietnam and the UK.<\/p>\n

\"Dust<\/p>\n

Says Esther Johnson<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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\u201cMuch of my work is concerned with uncovering alternative social histories and this project is all about stories connected to\u00a0<\/b>Vietnam\u2019s unique relationship with the motorbike.\u00a0<\/b>On first arrival in Vietnam, I was hypnotised by the swarm of motorbikes and was exhilarated getting around H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i on the back of a bike. Bikes are such a powerful symbol of Vietnam\u2019s history: the popularity of motorbikes now replacing the mass bicycle use in the 1950-70s that was crucial for the transportation of supplies during the war in Vietnam. Both cycles and motorbikes are invaluable for navigating Vietnam\u2019s \u2018h\u1ebbm\u2019 alleyways too narrow for cars. The current independence and freedom of Vietnam motorbike culture reminded me of H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh\u2019s famous quote, \u2018Nothing is more precious than freedom and independence\u2019. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

I am honoured that DUST & METAL has been selected to premiere at the eminent Sheffield DocFest, in the city where I am Professor of Film and Media Arts at Sheffield Hallam University. DUST & METAL has been a real labour of love with the majority of production completed throughout the particularly difficult conditions of the pandemic. I have been fortunate to be able to work with an amazing group of collaborators, including the first partnership between an artist filmmaker and the Vietnam Film Institute; a film crew via TPD Centre for the Development of Movie Talents\u00a0in Hanoi;\u00a0a dazzling score by Vietnamese composer Xo Xinh; and the expertise and enthusiasm of Live Cinema UK. It\u2019s heartening to know that this kind of work has been funded by the British Council and I am indebted to them for believing in my film concept. I cannot wait to share the work with audiences and hope that they are inspired by the magic of Vietnam as much as I have been.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor\u00a0Esther Johnson‘s new feature film\u00a0DUST & METAL\u00a0will receive its world premiere at this year\u2019s\u00a0Sheffield DocFest\u00a0with a live\u00a0soundtrack performance\u00a0on\u00a0Monday 27 June from 8pm\u00a0at the magnificent\u00a0Memorial Hall\u00a0in Sheffield City Hall. The film will screen in the form of a\u00a0\u00a0\u201ccine-concert\u201d with the film\u2019s new electronic score performed live by Vietnamese artist\u00a0Xo Xinh. \u00a0 Tickets and passes are available here.   DUST & METAL\u00a0(CAT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20701,"featured_media":11119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[1648,1548,1418,140,124,775,1893],"class_list":["post-11117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-admrc","tag-blanchepictures","tag-dust-metal","tag-esther-johnson","tag-film-research","tag-filmmaking","tag-sheffield-docfest"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/06\/Dust-and-metal-one.jpg?fit=1181%2C888&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-2Tj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11291,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/professor-esther-johnsons-dust-metal-to-screen-at-leeds-international-film-festival-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":11117,"position":0},"title":"Professor Esther Johnson’s DUST & METAL to screen at Leeds International Film Festival 2022","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"02\/11\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Professor\u00a0Esther Johnson's new poetic documentary feature film\u00a0DUST & METAL\u00a0which received its world premiere at this year\u2019s\u00a0Sheffield DocFest\u00a0will screen on 9 November at the 36th\u00a0Leeds International Film Festival. 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