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‘His & Hers’ picks up Cinematography award at Sundance
HIS & HERS, Ken Wardrop’s debut feature documentary has proved a hit at the Sundance Film Festival having received the Excellence in Cinematography Award award at the Festival in Utah. The film has also received a host of positive reviews from the critics.
His & Hers is a beautiful and innovative documentary feature film that combines observation and imagination to illustrate a universal love story. Produced by Andrew Freedman with funding from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, the film explores women’s relationships with men by visiting moments from the lives of 70 female characters. The film was shot by Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle who picked up the award for Excellence in Cinematography.
Critics have responded well to the film with Screen Daily quoted as saying the film was a “winning, deceptively-simple Irish film” which “has the sweetly seductive nature of a Once” and John Anderson of Variety describing the film as a “delightful, disarming film…. Rigorously and remarkably cinematic.”
Irish audiences will have an opportunity to see the film when it is released in Irish cinemas later this year.
In the meantime see what the Sundance reviews have been saying:
“Wardrop’s gift for observation is impeccable; each scene is beautifully composed”
Memoriando Blog
“There’s an innocence and simplicity in the storytelling that leaves a smile on your face as the credits roll”.
Melissa Hibbard, Stranger Than Fiction blog
“This lovingly photographed, at times heartbreaking Irish documentary is sublime in it’s simplicity”
Noel Murray, The A.V. Club
“the formula never grows tiresome. Staying with each woman for no longer than a few minutes, the film hits a rhythm where an interesting aspect or insight about a woman’s life is revealed, discussed and/or observed and the narrative continues”.
He Shot Cyrus blog
“the honesty and openness Wardrop gets from his subjects is stunning…. The film is funny, moving and always affecting”
Blast, Boston’s Online Magazine
“a delightful heartwarming documentary ode to women and their relationships with men… with each interview Wardrop manages to find a dialogue so identifiable to the audience that all we need is this short period of time to fall in love and get sucked in by their lives”.
Alan Bacchus, Daily Film Dose
“Each funny, tiny moment and small, humble insight compounds on the voices before adding to a truly moving sense that experience is universal, and love is what gets you through it…. I really hope this film reaches a wide audience”
Alicia Van Couvering, Filmmaker Magazine
“The crowd reaction was priceless. The laughter contained an air of sincerity that can only come from mouths drawn into perpetual smiles. The gasps and bemoaning during the sadder vignettes were only indicative of the fact that the audience had found investment within the 90 seconds in which the story was told”
Travis George, The Criterion Cast
For more information on the film visit www.hisandhers.ie
