Selected projects across moving image, painting, writing and creative audio description.
Sonder
An ongoing series of gouache paintings made from photographs in my grandfather Itche Achtman’s album, exploring memory, artistic inheritance and the way history is transmitted through images.
Awake
An existential comedy about an unexpected day shared by two blind women, played by Alex Bulmer and Margo Cargill. Winner of awards at Mykonos Biennale, Superfest, Breaking Down Barriers and Look & Roll.
Pessoa
A comedy-experiment in which an audio describer and blind consultant negotiate what — and who — is being described. Developed through Arts Council England-supported research into creative audio description.
flying & floating – enhanced AD
An experimental work about flying and landing, reworked through Arts Council England-supported research into creative audio description, using sung AD, directional sound and an expanded soundtrack.
sift.simmer.shred
A lockdown drama about a queer couple whose intimacy, dependency and conflict intensify when they move back in together. Written and produced by Michael Achtman; directed by Çağlar Kimyoncu.
Earlier Work
A small selection from earlier collaborative and experimental film work.
Feverfew
2002 · 2 min 52 sec
By Michael Achtman, Laura Cowell, Paul Forsyth, Sue McCluskey and R.M. Vaughan
What Curious Dresses
2004 · 3 min 02 sec
By David Bateman, David Roche, Roy Mitchell, Çağlar Kimyoncu and Michael Achtman
