Homage to Airway
Synopsis
While ‘airway’ can be a reference to air travel and human respiration alike, in this context ‘Airway’ is the name of a dog. Homage to Airwaytakes its starting point in a 1920s photograph depicting the dog Airway, who was part pet, part lab animal to two anaesthesiologists. Their tests on Airway led to the development of a device which serves to open the patient’s airways. The invention became known as Guedel’s Airway, named after both the doctor and dog involved.
Homage to Airway (2019) is a 12 min animation short film by Sophia Ioannou Gjerding. While ‘airway’ can be a reference to air travel and human respiration alike, in this context ‘Airway’ is the... Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2021).
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Festival History
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Denmark | September 27, 2019 |
Identifiers & sources
| TMDB | 725477 |
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