| He Hated Pigeons | |
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| Directed by | Ingrid Veninger |
| Written by | Ingrid Veninger |
| Produced by | Ingrid Veninger |
| Starring | Pedro Fontaine Cristobal Tapia Montt |
| Cinematography | Dylan Macleod |
| Edited by | Maureen Grant |
| Music by | Ohad Benchetrit Justin Small |
Production company | Punk Films |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Chile |
| Languages | Spanish English |
He Hated Pigeons is a 2015 Canadian-Chilean drama film, produced, written, and directed by Ingrid Veninger.[1] The film stars Pedro Fontaine as Elias, a gay Chilean man travelling the length of the country following the death of his partner Sebastian (played by Cristobal Tapia Montt in flashbacks).
The film's music followed a unique model. Although a score was written by Ohad Benchetrit and Justin Small of the band Do Make Say Think, it was not included in the film print, and instead was performed live by various musicians at each public screening of the film.[2] The musicians performing the score were further permitted to improvise, so that each performance of the score would be unique.[3]
The film was made after Veninger travelled to Chile to attend a retrospective screening of her work at a film festival; as she was not fluent in Spanish, Fontaine was hired as her interpreter, and Veninger decided to make a film with him after getting to know him.[3]
Dylan Macleod won the Borsos Competition award for best cinematography in a Canadian film at the 2015 Whistler Film Festival.[4]
- ^ Sheri Linden, "‘He Hated Pigeons’: Outfest Review". The Hollywood Reporter, July 15, 2016.
- ^ Jordan Pinto, " Ingrid Veninger wings it on He Hated Pigeons: How the indie filmmaker devised the unique event-screening strategy for her latest film - and why Don Carmody was interested". Playback, October 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Philippa Hawker, "He Hated Pigeons embraces the new, says director Ingrid Veninger". Sydney Morning Herald, March 30, 2016.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Rossif Sutherland's 'River' Wins Big at Whistler Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter, December 12, 2015.