Three Hams in a Can
2009 • 79 mins
HDV • colour • sound
Summer 2008. Three Australian experimental musicians (Chris Cobilis, Predrag Delibasich, Stina Thomas) travel to Tokyo for a tour. There they perform their music and do what all tourists do: eat, drink, go sightseeing, take photos, befriend strangers and battle the humidity. The camera quietly observes these goings-on, occasionally straying off path to witness the tiny and magical moments of everyday Tokyo. Told in a series of fragments and full of heart and humour, Three Hams in a Can adopts a minimalist approach to documenting the tour and the strange, yet familiar world the musicians enter. Part music documentary, part home movie and part meditation on friendship, loneliness and the strangeness of life.
Featuring live performances by Chris Cobilis, Gutter Guitar, Stina, Seven That Spells, Tokyo Superstars, Conti, Bon no Kubo, Kawasemi House
Selected Screenings
Biennale of Sydney
Bradford International Film Festival
Revelation International Film Festival
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
RTRFM Gimme Some Truth Music Documentary Film Festival
Featuring
Chris Cobilis
Predrag Delibasich
Stina Thomas
Director/DP/Editor
Kenta McGrath
Producer
Scott Bishop
Sound Design
Matt Bairstow
Recipient of Screenwest Low-Budget Feature Film Marketing Grant