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The story that became Sylvain’s Hunt was appealing as simultaneously familiar and foreign. Issues between children and parents are well known, issues between sons and fathers are all but universal. Even if aspects of a story are different, movies allow access to feelings of shared experience. Using the aesthetics that come with traditional practical effects to enhance the uncanny feelings of the more surreal elements, came from the desire to make a shared human experience accessible in a different way. The goal was to use surreal effects to isolate human affect. I don’t necessarily expect Sylvain’s Hunt to be anyone’s ultimate catharsis but I do hope it can let someone know they are in good company.
Country: United States of America (USA)
T-Port Partner: Festival Formula
Webpage: https://www.sylvainshunt.com
Bio: Theo Cohn has spent his life in pursuit of anything put to celluloid and nearly a decade in the art department picking up the practical aspects of filmmaking. Sylvain’s Hunt, his directorial debut, employs old methods to access modern experience.
Sylvain’s Hunt is a surreal depiction of something familiar. Miniatures, prosthetics, sightless driving mountain shots,...
