POTS N' TOTS
2019 · 14m · USA
Directed by Kati Skelton
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, whimsical
Margot and Billy are inseparable ceramics partners whose bond is threatened when their conniving pottery studio head intervenes before a major national award submission — a paranoid comedy about artistic collaboration and institutional power.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A film in which ceramics studio politics become a vehicle for full-blown paranoid conspiracy deserves a spot purely for the sheer commitment of treating pottery like it matters — because apparently it does.
Competitive ceramics as paranoid thriller arena — Kati Skelton plays the niche-world-as-corporate-conspiracy register straight, which is precisely how this kind of conceit earns its keep. Eyeslicer + Rooftop + IFFR + Maryland is a curatorial fingerprint I trust.
Treating competitive ceramics with the full dramatic weight of a corporate thriller — that's a specific comic register and Ruby McCollister is a reliable presence. Eyeslicer Season 2 and IFFR selection vouch for it.
Reviews
Conspiracy theories thrive at a pottery studio. From wild and creative filmmaker Kati Skelton, Pots N' Tots pushes the boundaries of pottery artisanry.
Festivals
- Rooftop Films 2019
- New Hampshire Film Festival 2019
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
- Maryland Film Festival 2020