Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter
experimental-animated film
year: 2022
format: DCP, HD
duration: 2'14"
production: Volya Films
distribution: Bonobostudio
Country of production: the Netherlands
More About the Film
A photograph is a window into the past, but sometimes the border between the past and the present is not entirely clear. This stop-motion animation invites us to think about our relationship to time by portraying one woman caught in the middle.
Director, screenwriter: Tess Martin
Director of photography: Matija Pekić
Art director: Iris Schutgevaar
Performers: Iris Schutgevaar, Amy Gale
Lead animator: Marike Verbiest
Assistant animator: Tess Martin
Assistant art director: Felix Dukker
Costumes: Julia Timmerman
Hair & makeup: Radna Berendsen
Sound design and music: Jorick Bronius
Sound mix: Kasper Koudenburg
Title design and poster: Alice Saey
Producers: Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
Tess Martin is an artist and filmmaker based in Rotterdam since 2014. She had an international upbringing and studied both fine art and animation, resulting in a mixed artistic practice. Tess has exhibited and attended residencies internationally and she occasionally lectures and gives workshops. She was a participant in Berlinale Talents in 2024.
Filmography:
How Now, House? (2025), 1976: Search for Life (2023), Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter (2022), Voice (2020), Orbit (2019), Ginevra (2017), The Lost Mariner (2014), Mario (2014), The Whale Story (2012)
Awards
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Honorable Mention, Minimalen Short Film Festival 2024
Festivals
Netherlands Film Festival (21/9-30/9/2022)
International Encounters Traverse, Toulouse (16/3-31/3/2023)
Experiments in Cinema Festival (18/4-22/4/2023)
Animatricks International Animation Festival (18/5-20/5/2023)
Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival (7/6-11/6/2023)
Asolo Art Film Festival (14/6-18/6/2023)
ShorTS International Film Festival (1/7-8/7/2023)
Walla Walla Movie Crush, Seattle (7/7-9/7/2023)
Snake Alley Festival of Film (13/7-16/7/2023)
Animaphix International Animated Film Festival (25/7-30/7/2023)
Animation Block Party (18/8-20/8/2023)
Malatesta Short Film Festival (1/9-4-9/2023)
Stoptrik International Film Festival (27/9-1/10/2023)
Revolutions Per Minute Festival (27/9-1/10/2023)
WNDX Festival of Moving Image (4/10-8/10/2023)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations (11/10-14/10/2023)
Uppsala Short Film Festival (23/10-29/10/2023)
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week (10/11-13/11/2023)
Canberra Short Film Festival (10/11-26/11/2023)
accordi @ DISACCORDI International Short Film Festival (12/11-19/11/2023)
Amarcort Film Festival (14/11-19/11/2023)
Future Film Festival (15/11-19/11/2023)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (27/11-3/12/2023)
Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival (30/11-3/12/2023)
Interface Video Art Festival (5/12-10/12/2023)
Alternative Film Video (6/12-9/12/2023)
Minimalen Short Film Festival (23/1-28/1/2024)
Wide Open Experimental Film Festival (26/4-28/4/2024)
Tabor Film Festival (6/7-7/7/2024)
