The return of The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex
In the summer of 2016, while Benjamin Hackman was a composer-in-residence at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, director Luke Sargent created a documentary capturing Benjamin’s process of writing and recording The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex, The Holy Gasp’s second record, a concept album for a 27-person ensemble about a man grieving a divorce while concurrently mourning the death of his father. The film was originally broadcast as a CBC Short Doc in 2018, and went on to win the award for Best Documentary at the Black & White Film Festival, and a nomination for Best Editing in a Short Documentary from The Canadian Cinema Editors Awards. After several years, the broadcast license held by the CBC has lapsed, allowing us to re-release the documentary publicly for those who haven’t had a chance yet to see the film.
For more information about the documentary, listen to director Luke Sargent’s interview on the Wild Sound Film Podcast, and watch the audience reaction reel below.
In Other Film News…
The success of Out of the Hands of the Wicked continues!
Our stupid little puppet show, Out of the Hands of the Wicked, has won the People’s Choice Award at Australia’s Tiny Mountains, Best Music Short at the Regina International, and Best Film Music at the Paris Film Art Festival. Read what critic Kate DeJonge had to say about the film in Grimoire of Horror following the film’s appearance at the Blood in the Snow Festival in Toronto, and watch Benjamin’s interview with the Regina International Film Festival below!
