Consensual violence is, bizarrely, quite intimate. There was only one hospital visit while making this film. www.solmund.com Directed, Produced, and Edited by Solmund MacPherson Produced by Allegra Chiarella Assistant Director: Haley Charney Production Coordinator: Ben Boxall Camera Operators: Dylan Baillie, Landon Lake Location Audio: Sean Guezen Sound Mix: Joel Mierau On Set Medic: Cinna Baran The Fighters (in order of appearance) Ian Ingram & Charlie Fraser Michelle Lecnik & Allegra Chiarella George Penner & Isaac Tate Robbert Rousseau & Ben Boxall Marina Jansen & Dylan Bodner Alex Kohut & Gislina Patterson Greg Strempler & Nick Kosowan Mac Hamilton & Cinna Baran Birnie McIntosh & Juliana Young Jerome Vandal & Haley Charney Brenden Loewen & Delf Gravert Kamal Chioua & Sean Geary Solmund MacPherson & Jory Strachan Official Selection - San Francisco IndieFest, 2019 Official Selection - National Screen Institute Online Film Fest, 2019 Feature - Booooooom TV, 2019 Official Selection - Directors Notes, 2019 Semi Finalist - jellyFEST Los Angeles, 2019 Official Selection - NYC Short Doc Festival, 2019 Best Documentary Finalist - International Shorts Fest Melbourne, 2018

a short documentary about
people fighting

documentary
2019
director / producer / editor

Consensual violence is bizarrely quite tender.

FESTIVALS / PUBLICATIONS
Vimeo Staff Pick, 2019
Film Maudit 2.0, 2022
San Francisco IndieFest, 2019
National Screen Institute of Canada Online Film Fest, 2019
Film Shortage, 2019
Directors Notes, 2019
Campo Arts Centre snackbar, 2019
The Curious Brain, 2019
15 Shorts Film Festival, 2019
Best Film Semi-Finalist, jellyFEST Los Angeles, 2019
NYC Short Doc Festival, 2019
Best Doc Finalist, International Shorts Melbourne, 2019

PRESS
”Achieves what many filmmakers dream to achieve”
Electru (Vice Digital)

”May well be the best film ever made. Definitely the best I have ever seen”
Karyn Pugliese

”Unexpected and fascinating”
Booooooom TV

“An oddly touching demonstration”
Directors Notes

“Psychologists should have a lot of fun here”
Wihel Blog

Denfabrik Blog

Langweile Dichnet