HIGH WINDOWS DE PHILIP LARKIN

JOSEPHINE HART FOUNDATION

3D SHORT FILM . 1 MIN

A dizzying dive into the beauty of the images conjured up by Philip Larkin’s famous poem.

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation was established by Lord Saatchi to promote the advancement of the arts, culture, and education, with a particular focus on poetry, literature, and theater. Through The Poetry Movement, the Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation presents a new approach to poetry, shaping a new relationship with words for us all. By leaping the verses off the page and embodying their lyricism in stunningly beautiful images, The Poetry Movement’s creations forge a creative space that combines the beauty of rhyme with visual inventiveness. For the launch of The Poetry Movement, Troublemakers produced three animated films based on three great poems. The first, “High Windows,” illustrates Philip Larkin’s eponymous poem. Directed by Onur Senturk, the film is an animated exploration of the boundary between life and death.

Gallery

Echoing Larkin’s text, the film offers a journey between fluidity and immobility, among figures that crystallize the elements of an entire life. True to his artistic mastery of stunningly precise 3D animation, Onur Senturk navigates between figuration and abstraction, pushing the film beyond simple storytelling. Here, images take on the weight of words.

The creative duo

Director

Onur Senturk

Onur graduated from the School of Fine Arts, where he studied painting, drawing, and animation. As a director, his internationally exhibited work blends together creativity, design, and animation. He directed a film for Amnesty International that won a Lion at Cannes, and contributed to the art direction of the opening credits for David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

FOUNDER / CEO / PRODUCER

James Hagger

James Hagger is a producer and the founder of Troublemakers. He views production as a space for dialogue between storytelling, craftsmanship, and artistic integrity. Trained in London in the late 1990s as an assistant director, he worked alongside Nick Love, Kevin Reynolds, Christian Volckman, and Harmony Korine—experiences that have shaped his vision.