The Finite lays bare the ephemeral and fast fleeting nature of family, home and life on earth. Old home movies and astronomy imagery entwine along an inescapable course towards their end. Scientific documentary footage describes the eventual death of the sun (and the earth), revealing the gravity of personal loss.
Also in this combined programme
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If There Are Any Heavens My Mother Will (All by Herself) Have
A work in progress exploring the life and reincarnation of the filmstrip. -
Behind the Walls and Under the Stairs
The spiders are organising themselves… One day soon they’ll take over. -
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Regular8 is 16mm Film
Humorous experimental film that looks beyond the boundaries of the film format. -
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Fore-and-Aft
We are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air. (Herman Melville) -
Film-Film #04 -Roll-
Fake-film footage made by digital techniques is transformed into analogue film. This work shows that movies are made of film. -
By Grace
A direct animation work comprising photogrammes, painted chemistries and grafted archival family footage through step-printing. -
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Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
