12-30-2023, 12:09 AM
Film Title (English and/or Native): Saltwater
Nominating Nation (If not from the IDU, please also list region): Thousand Branches
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Musical Score
Language: English
Run Time: 1:12
Director: Clay Xoi
Producing Studio/Company (optional): Filmscape w/ Wand and Wicker Studios
Cast: Allen Mint — “Mal”
Maya Calcifer — “Indi”
Patrick Lima — “The Father”
Jack Roy — “The Mother”
Summary:
Saltwater is a story of death. Of life. Death after life and life after death. After Indi’s father dies, his family is briefly torn to shreds before his father’s spirit returns. For a time, it is as if little has changed at all, but as the days roll by, it becomes quickly clear that such a tenuous limbo between life and death cannot remain forever.
Slowly, each member of the family begins to grieve, even as the spirit still joins them every day. And each member of the family finds their own peace, tears, and personal devastation. Saltwater explores the ways we view death and the danger of holding onto the past and explores humanity on a spiritual scale, how each person approaches death and finality — is it better to watch your loved ones die or to know they’ve passed while you were in the next room?
Short, sentimental, and filled with overflowing love, the latest movie from Wand and Wicker discusses the one thing we all share, and how it defines our humanity.
What makes this film special?:
Saltwater, while not universally loved by critics or audiences, is defined by its score, the music serving as a background to explore the vast emotional landscape the movie treks over. It was performed by a 125-person symphony including 63 different instruments and noisemakers and is longer than the movie itself in full length, many touting it for its incredible uniqueness, powerful imagery, and its ability to really tell a story through sound.
Additional info:
Wand and Wicker (backed by a miniscule portion of the extensive financials of Filmscape) is an exploratory indie company that has created three movies over the last decade, all of which have garnered mixed, but nonetheless fascinated reviews. Nearly 80% of the budget for this film was put into the music, and several songs from the score have also featured prominently on the Branchian top 100 list, although none have reached the top 20.
Nominating Nation (If not from the IDU, please also list region): Thousand Branches
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Musical Score
Language: English
Run Time: 1:12
Director: Clay Xoi
Producing Studio/Company (optional): Filmscape w/ Wand and Wicker Studios
Cast: Allen Mint — “Mal”
Maya Calcifer — “Indi”
Patrick Lima — “The Father”
Jack Roy — “The Mother”
Summary:
Saltwater is a story of death. Of life. Death after life and life after death. After Indi’s father dies, his family is briefly torn to shreds before his father’s spirit returns. For a time, it is as if little has changed at all, but as the days roll by, it becomes quickly clear that such a tenuous limbo between life and death cannot remain forever.
Slowly, each member of the family begins to grieve, even as the spirit still joins them every day. And each member of the family finds their own peace, tears, and personal devastation. Saltwater explores the ways we view death and the danger of holding onto the past and explores humanity on a spiritual scale, how each person approaches death and finality — is it better to watch your loved ones die or to know they’ve passed while you were in the next room?
Short, sentimental, and filled with overflowing love, the latest movie from Wand and Wicker discusses the one thing we all share, and how it defines our humanity.
What makes this film special?:
Saltwater, while not universally loved by critics or audiences, is defined by its score, the music serving as a background to explore the vast emotional landscape the movie treks over. It was performed by a 125-person symphony including 63 different instruments and noisemakers and is longer than the movie itself in full length, many touting it for its incredible uniqueness, powerful imagery, and its ability to really tell a story through sound.
Additional info:
Wand and Wicker (backed by a miniscule portion of the extensive financials of Filmscape) is an exploratory indie company that has created three movies over the last decade, all of which have garnered mixed, but nonetheless fascinated reviews. Nearly 80% of the budget for this film was put into the music, and several songs from the score have also featured prominently on the Branchian top 100 list, although none have reached the top 20.