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ponderosa is a very different film and yet equally unique in its own right. it is a terrifying, surreal comedy about a proliferation of bad ideas, and how perhaps to sabotage that. it follows a young zeke who, when his mom's restaurant closes down, is forced to entertain the advances of a rich restaurant regular who seems strangely set on becoming his dad. the film's use of surreal and uneasy characterisation and symbolism echoes the work of david lynch, luis bunuel and a touch of matthew barney. 

caspar presented rob with a range of directions the poster could take, and rob chose the one you see here. the poster repurposes a 1985 activision software games catalog cover by an unknown artist, adjusting and adding details to bring it more into the world of the film. the placement of the sheaf of wheat in the image was inspired in part by the one ohtrix point never R plus 7 album cover, itself taken from an obscure 1982 georges schwizgebel film. this photograph by the japanese photographer and visual artist katsuhide morimoto was also a reference.

caspar made the poster in photoshop using the pen tool, airbrush and some stock photography.

the film will play in the U.S. narrative competition at the 2026 tribeca film festival. do see it if you have the means. it's really a uniquely excellent piece of work.

rumour had it that in the north eastern reaches of japan, taxi drivers were picking up passengers that turned out to be non-existent — ghosts or imaginings, perhaps due to the grief felt almost a decade on from a tsunami in the region. katharine took this as an opportunity to make a film that inquired into memory, myth, life and death. using fixed cameras in the taxi cabs of the small port town of kamaishi, she filmed four drivers weaving their way through the streets picking up occasional passengers and conversing with visitors to the town about their lives. what came from this experiment is something ineffable, moving and beautiful to experience.

needless to say we leapt at the chance at making a poster for this film. after presenting a range of directions the poster could go in, katharine chose the one you see here. izzy roth-dishy and caspar made the poster on laptops back and forth between new york and berlin.

the film was selected to have its world premiere at visions du reel whilst we were making the poster. if you have the means, do see this film. we can't recommend this film enough.

simply put the film is about a women who for all intents and purposes becomes a chair, and about a man who for all intents and purposes then falls in love with that chair. it's a clever, stylish and undeniably thought-provoking film, and it stars one of our all time heroes, juliette lewis.

we were already fans of amanda's work, and it was great to chat to her again. we presented a range of ideas for the poster and she chose the one you see here. caspar made it in berlin with some close-up photos he asked amanda to take of "the chair". then with a few drops of water, a camera and a laptop, the final piece slowly but surely came into being.

you can watch a trailer for the film here. it's one of the more original trailers we've seen in a while.