The Heart of No Place

2009 independent film
  • March 21, 2009 (2009-03-21)
Running time
85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$25,000

The Heart of No Place is a 2009 independent film written and directed by Rika Ohara, based on reinterpretation of Yoko Ono's life and work.[1] Shot entirely on Digital 8 on location in Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo, Liverpool and Ho Chi Minh City, and with participation of many Los Angeles- and German artists and musicians,[2] the film won the Best Film (International) award at the London Independent Film Festival 2010.[1] The film's soundtrack was composed by John Payne and features songs by Yoko Ono, Dieter Moebius, The Dark Bob and Anna Homler.

Plot

Rock widow Y. tries to come to terms with the death of her husband, the Artist Known as John. Sharing her grief is her assistant Charles, whose partner died of AIDS. When she meets Andrea, a young journalist with wild ideas about art and technology, she is awakened to parallels between her artwork, technology and economy. Daniel Mohn, the visionary founder and CEO of Monosoft, reminds her that the Cold War wasn’t won by missiles, but by artists like herself and her late husband.

Cast

  • Rika Ohara as Y.
  • John Payne as The Artist Known as John
  • Charles Lane as The Assistant
  • Sarah Holbert as Andrea
  • Daniel Lynch Millner as Daniel Mohn
  • Tress MacNeille as The Collector
  • Carl Stone as Almost Himself
  • Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother as themselves

Distribution

The film was first presented at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in France on March 21, 2009. The picture screened at various film festivals, including Göteborg International Film Festival and London Independent Film Festival.

Exhibition dates

  • Finland: May 15, 2010, Polar Film Festival[3]
  • France: March 21, 2009, Créteil International Women's Film Festival[4][5]
  • Hungary: September 24, 2010, Tisza Cinema Festival[6]
  • Italy: June 3, 2010, Festival Un Film per la Pace[7][8]
  • Portugal: November 13, 2009, Filmes Sobre Arte[9]
  • Romania: October 3, 2010, Romania International Film Festival[10]
  • Sweden: February 7, 2010, Göteborg International Film Festival[11][12]
  • Thailand: November 8, 2010 World Film Festival of Bangkok[13]
  • United Kingdom: April 17, 2010 London Independent Film Festival[14]

Awards

Win

• London Independent Film Festival: Best Film, 2010.[14][15][16]

In Competition

• Festival Internazionale Un Film per la Pace, Udine-Gorizia[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "'Forget Me Not' gets LIFF Grand Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "About The Heart of No Place". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ The Heart of No Place Release info
  4. ^ "Frontières invisibles 33ème Festival International de films de femmes". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  5. ^ 31e Festival International Films de Femmes, 2009. p. 95
  6. ^ http://festival.tiszamozi.hu/000_Fesztivalok/2010/VetitesiRend_2010_en.html [dead link]
  7. ^ Production, Windcloak Film. "FILMS - International Festival A FILM FOR PEACE - 5th Edition 2010". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. ^ International Festival A Film for Peace Fifth Edition Catalogue
  9. ^ Temps d'Images prémios de cinema para filmes sobre arte 2009
  10. ^ "Ro-IFF". Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Chalmers News". chalmersnyheter.chalmers.se. Archived from the original on 2010-09-25.
  12. ^ 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival January 29 - February 8, 2010. p.189
  13. ^ "The 15th World Film Festival of Bangkok. : The Heart of No Place". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  14. ^ a b "London Independent Film Festival". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  15. ^ "London Independent Film Festival". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Beatles Club Manchester - The Unofficial fan site". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  17. ^ http://www.unfilmperlapace.it/catalogo2010.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  • Official website
  • The Heart of No Place at IMDb