Yalda - Film and Radio Play
Yalda
Written by Mehrdad Seyf
2008
Screenings and broadcast
BFI NFT1, London, 10 March 2008, 18:30
BBC Radio 4 92-95FM & 198LW, 19-20 March 2008, 14:15
For those of you who missed the screening of Yalda at the NFT, you can still catch it on the BBC Film Network.
“Do you love me?”, “Yes”, he said, and then…
A colourful musical journey into the narrative of a woman’s tangled past, with magical glimpses of her present world and hopes for a liberated future.
Yalda is part of The City Speaks, an innovative collaborative project developed by Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network and BBC Radio Drama. Artist film-makers and writers, collaborating with acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd, composer David Pickvance and specialist sound engineers, were commissioned to create 2 x 45 minute collaborative audio visual artworks to form a centre-piece of the BBC Radio 4 season in 2008, celebrating London as a cosmopolitan city.
Film Credits
– Director & Producer Esther Johnson
– Writer Mehrdad Seyf
– Composer David Pickvance
– Director of Photography Lynda Hall
– Editing Sue Giovanni & Esther Johnson
– Audio Production BBC Sam Hoyle & Peter Ringrose
– Executive Producer for BBC Radio Drama Alison Hindell
– Producer for BBC Radio Drama Conor Lennon
– Film London Head of Production Maggie Elllis
– Film London Producer The City Speaks Roz Mortimer
– Inspired by an original Story by Peter Ackroyd
Film Players
– Yalda Erin Brodie
– Gentleman in Park Clem Elton
– Synchronised Swimming Troupe Aquabatix
Audio Players
– Yalda Adjoa Andoh
– Paul/Anaesthetist Nitin Ganantra
– Surgeon Simon Treves
– Woman in Church/Nurse Liza Sadovy
Technical
– Year 2007
– Duration 00:15:02 (Single film version)
– Language English
– Country of Production UK
– Production Format DVCPro50
– Viewing Copy DVD/VHS Pal
– Screening/Exhibition Format DigiBeta Pal
– Versions Segment of Portmanteau feature film;
Single film version
– Aspect Ratio 16:9
– Picture Colour
– Sound 5.1 Stereo