# animate! › Films › Spirit of Place by Oliver Harrison

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/spiritofplace/

Discovery terms: 1990s animation, motion-control photography, memory, interiors, ghosts, single-take film, filmmaker, animation director

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Spirit of Place** a film by Oliver Harrison

[Oliver Harrison](https://www.oliverharrison.com)

1992, 10 min 07 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-uLfrkH_W4)

![Spirit of Place, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/spiritofplace01.jpg)

### a film by Oliver Harrison

### animate! synopsis

Well met by moonlight – room service for the spirit. A one-take dream in Cocteauesque monochrome.

### key credits

**director**
Oliver Harrison

**lighting camera**
Doug Foster

**music**
Oliver Harrison
Roger Bolton

**Spirit of Place** film, stills and other materials © Oliver Harrison 1992