Alfalfa

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ALFALFA is a gay alphabet. It deploys a disarmingly simple structure to create an exhilaratingly complex play of meanings. Each letter of the alphabet is introduced against a blue marbled background in the time honoured formula, "A is for", "B is for". Next there is an image of what the letter stands for.

details

  • Runtime

    9 min
  • Country

    Great Britain
  • Year of Presentation

    1988
  • Year of Production

    1987
  • Director

    Richard Kwietniowski
  • Cast

  • Production Company

    Richard Kwietniowski
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Short Film
  • Teddy Award Winner

    Best Short Film

Biography Richard Kwietniowski

Born in London on 17.3.1957, he studied film at the Universities of Kent and Califor- nia.He began making short experimental films at the beginning of the 1980s and has often worked for British television. In 1988 he received the Silver Berlin Bear for his short film, ALFALFA.His feature film debut, LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND, was an international hit on the theatrical circuit.

Filmography Richard Kwietniowski

1983 Interference | 1983 Startled Insects Filmwork | 1985 Underworld | 1986 What's Cooking? | 1986 Next Week's Rent | 1987 Questions in the House | 1988 Ballad of Reading Gaol | 1989 Flames of Passion | 1991 Proust's Favorite Fantasy | 1991 Cost of Love | 1992 Actions Speak Louder than Words | 1997 Love and Death on Long Island | 2002 Owning Mahowny