Simon Pummell’s Shock Head Soul has been selected in Competition at the 68th Venice Film Festival. The film interleaves documentary interviews, fictional re-construction & CGI animation to portray Daniel Paul Schreber’s story. The film’s mix of forms crosses boundaries between documentary and fiction: exploring the borderline between religious vision and deluded fanaticism, and the intimate link between family secrets, psychiatric diagnosis, and our societal understanding of mental illness.
Specialises in films where the narrative content is strengthened by a unique visual realisation