The French Doors

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Title

The French Doors

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Description

Steve Ayson’s supernatural short puts a twist on ‘domestic violence’ as a DIY home renovator fits a set of second-hand french doors to his doer-upper. He discovers that light isn’t all they let in. French Doors won selection to Melbourne and Clermont Ferrand festivals and sold to UK’s Channel 4 and France’s CANAL+. At Locarno in 2002, Ayson won a ‘Leopard of Tomorrow’ prize, in a year the festival spotlit down-under films. Ayson has gone on to build a global career as a commercials director (...

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Format

Video

Date created

2001

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-french-doors-2001

Related subjects

horror / monster / diy / do it yourself / home renovation / hitchcock / handyman / thriller / tools / builder

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