Hikikomori

5:16 minutes / 35mm, 16mm, 8mm / 2017

Physically withdrawn from the pressures of the modern world, a young man struggles to overcome his self-imposed exile as he dreams to set himself free. This short film explores the topic of acute social withdrawal within contemporary society through dance, taking particular inspiration from the Japanese phenomenon of Hikikomori.

CREDITS

  • Direction, Camera, Edit - Saul Pankhurst

  • Production - Míla Bednářová

  • Dancer - Eduard Adam Orszulik

  • Mother - Barbora Pokorná

  • Assistant Camera - Morten Larsen, Helga Stock, Nader Chalhoub

  • Archival 8mm - Martin Pankhurst

SCREENINGS / OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • 05/2021 - Tanztage Görlitz (Online)

  • 08/2017 - South London Gallery (UK)

  • 05/2017 - Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands)