A PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW IN CONCERT WITH
A SCREENING OF ‘THE MASK’
17th & 18th September, 5-8 pm
Tavistock piazza - 252 Portobello Rd, London W11 1LL
The Mask - a photo novel
Swedish film enthusiast Ulf Remus had an idea, gathered a team
of competent and artistic collaborators, and created short film
Screening on Portobello Film Festival 2026.
The Mask - a photo novel is a 26-minute short film; a dark and apocalyptic still-image story with a narrative voice, about a man locked up in an institution. He has lost his memory and does not know who he is or why he’s there. Inside the institution there is also a doctor who uses increasingly drastic methods to try to restore his memory.
Things take a dramatic and unexpected turn when the doctor finally succeeds, and the man finds his way back into his past.
Economy and production - freedom, creativity and tragedy
“We´ve really been working under the radar with this one”, says producer Annika C Hellström.
No funding or sponsorships, no external control; just free creativity, a lot of ideas and initiative.
But the production has also been marked by tragedy. Two of the leading actors, Claes Fredriksson and Thomas Tibert, passed away during the creative process. “It has been absolutely heartbreaking”, says the producer. “But their legacy lives on in the film, you meet them both on the screen.”
Artistic inspiration - a path from the past
“The Mask - a photo novel is inspired by expressionist silent films, Fritz Lang's German productions, James Whale's classic Frankenstein films, Blade Runner, Ingmar Bergman, and of course the French short film, La Jetée by Chris Marker”, says director Ulf Remus. The soundtrack is electronic and created by a Polish-Swedish team called Audio Spirits.
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