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Lek and the Dogs

Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast | 24 June

★★★★

“an overwhelming collage of sound and vision”

Set everywhere and nowhere, in a post-apocalyptic dystopia not far from reality, the latest film from the acclaimed British auteur Andrew Kötting is a metaphysical allegory that is both arresting and disturbing.

Lek and the Dogs takes inspiration from the 2010 Hattie Naylor play that tells the true story of Ivan Mishukov who, after being thrown out of his home as a child, spent two years living on the streets of Moscow, befriending a pack of wild dogs that became his companions and guardians. In Kötting’s film, the adult Lek (Xavier Tchili) looks back upon his feral life, armed with a cassette recorder on which his younger self (voiced by Clay Barnard) recorded his formative experiences.

An overwhelming collage of sound and vision, Lek and the Dogs manages to expertly combine bleak contemporary scenes filmed in Chile with archive footage and soundscape to create a film that asks as many questions as it answers. Almost Beckett-esque at times in its narrative, Lek and the Dogs uses insightful narration from three female psychologists - adult, child and canine - juxtaposed against the central male character (as both child and adult) to explore the complexities of humanity, relationships and mortality. Employing spectacular cinematography throughout, most notably in the closing scenes set in a canine cemetery, Lek and the Dogs is a cinematic experience to be remembered.

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Andrew Kötting performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/06/20/edith-walks-movie-review/

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.heyuguys.com/edith-walks-review/

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-releases/edith-walks

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/25/edith-walks-review

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Claudia in Edith Walks

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/edith-walks-andrew-kotting-makes-england-loopy-again

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A lovely feature on Claudia’s new film, ‘Edith Walks’, directed by Andrew Kötting in the July 2017 issue of Sight & sound magazine. The cast will also be performing a live version on the 25th of June in London, details here: http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/edith-a-performance/

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RECORDING: We met up with Andrew Kotting and crew during the final days of filming scenes for his film ‘Edith’. We recorded sounds of the camera crane to use in our animation.