Logline
With the help of a wayward duck, Johnina confronts the secrets of her past, exacting a revenge that shocks the God-fearing community of her childhood.
SYNOPSIS
Johnina returns to the Isle of Lewis for her father’s funeral, but after many years away there are long-buried secrets to be confronted. A film spoken in English and Gaelic, Duck Daze is a dark tale from the bleak and beautiful peatlands, in which community and congregation are intertwined in their strength and also their complicity.
Photo credits: Kevin J Thomson
DUCK DAZE (2019)
Digital Video with Sound, 15 mins.
DP: Gabi Norland
Prod: James Heath & Tom Gentle
AWARDS
Winner - Screenwriting Award (Julia Taudevin) Underwire Film Festival 2019
SCREENINGS
International Premiere - Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 / WOFF - Women Over Fifty Film Festival 2020 / BBC Scotland ‘Next Big Thing’ - Series 2 / 2nd Femspectives - Glasgow’s Feminist Film Festival 2020 / 17th Inverness Film Festival 2020 / 13th Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020 / 10th Underwire Film Festival 2019 / 33rd Leeds International Film Festival 2019 / 63rd BFI London Film Festival 2019 / World Premiere - 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival
Duck Daze was commissioned by the Scottish Film Talent Network and funded by BFI NET.WORK through the 2018 Scottish Shorts Scheme.