Episode 4: Old Furniture

Danish writer Randi Lindholm Hansen writes to explore and expose the human condition. She uses comedy to deflate power structures and disclose hypocrisy and injustice. There is undeniable humour in the mundane, in human foolishness and inadequacy, and Randi has no desire to distance herself from the deadpan nature of existence itself. Randi is a graduate from the Goldsmiths MA Scriptwriting Programme and is currently attending the alternative film school 18Frames. She is a co-founder of the artist collectives AWFUL and Bureau for Listening. 

“I have a curious fascination with the mechanics of family. The unspoken expectations, hidden intentions and unavoidable disappointment. The inevitability of it all. For this episode, I wanted to explore the generational gap between a mother and a daughter and the decay of the female body. Old furniture seemed like an appropriate metaphor.” 

Credits

Written by Randi Lindholm 

Directed by Bruce Bigg

Produced by Bruce Bigg and Ano Okera 

Assistant producer: Stephane Ugeux 

Annie Tyson as Geraldine

And Sarah Syed as Kate 

Editing and sound design by Dea Cisar. 

Theme music was composed by FIGI.

A special thanks to Philip Palmer, Richard Shanon for their guidance and mentorship, and John Pickard, Katie Fusillo, and Lisa Hack for their support.