Stand By for Tape Back-Up is a mid-length film about memory, death and re-runs, written and directed by Ross Sutherland.
2015 · 65 minutes · 1.33:1 · 2.0
Hot Docs, Fantastic Fest, CPH:DOX, BAFICI, Edinburgh, DOXA, Union Docs, Rio, East End, Torino, Atlántida.
Fantastic Fest — Audience Award, 3rd Place
BAFICI — Grand Prize, Avant-Garde and Genre Competition
Boston Underground — Director's Choice Award
'A remarkable cine-essay ... oddly moving and unlike any film in recent memory.'
— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
'An experimental film in the truest sense. It's hypnotic but ponderous. It's boring but fascinating. It could mean nothing, but it could be brilliant.'
— BIRTH MOVIES DEATH
'British filmmaker, poet, and writer Ross Sutherland's entry at Hot Docs is one of the festival's most unusual and potentially mind-altering selections.'
— POV MAGAZINE
'Reinforces the power of creative readings and the depth of even the most seemingly superficial imagery.'
— 4:3
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Ross Sutherland
PRODUCED AND EDITED BY
Ross Sutherland and Charlie Lyne
STAGE VERSION DIRECTED BY
Rob Watt
STAGE VERSION PRODUCED BY
Show and Tell
VHS ENGINEERING BY
Sam Meech
SUPPORTED BY
Arts Council England
THANKS TO
Mercy, Penned in the Margins, Battersea Arts Centre, METAL Peterborough, The Roundhouse and Writer Centre Norwich
Stand By for Tape Back-Up is a mid-length film about memory, death and re-runs, written and directed by Ross Sutherland.
2015 · 65 minutes · 1.33:1 · 2.0
Hot Docs, Fantastic Fest, CPH:DOX, BAFICI, Edinburgh, DOXA, Union Docs, Rio, East End, Torino, Atlántida.
Audience Award, 3rd Place
FANTASTIC FEST
Grand Prize, Avant-Garde and Genre
BAFICI
Director's Choice Award
BOSTON UNDERGROUND
'A remarkable cine-essay ... oddly moving and unlike any film in recent memory.'
— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
'An experimental film in the truest sense. It's hypnotic but ponderous. It's boring but fascinating. It could mean nothing, but it could be brilliant.'
— BIRTH MOVIES DEATH
'British filmmaker, poet, and writer Ross Sutherland's entry at Hot Docs is one of the festival's most unusual and potentially mind-altering selections.'
— POV MAGAZINE
'Reinforces the power of creative readings and the depth of even the most seemingly superficial imagery.'
— 4:3
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Ross Sutherland
PRODUCED AND EDITED BY
Ross Sutherland and Charlie Lyne
STAGE VERSION DIRECTED BY
Rob Watt
STAGE VERSION PRODUCED BY
Show and Tell
VHS ENGINEERING BY
Sam Meech
SUPPORTED BY
Arts Council England
THANKS TO
Mercy, Penned in the Margins, Battersea Arts Centre, METAL Peterborough, The Roundhouse and Writer Centre Norwich