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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Signals: Nathaniel Dorsky

Overview of films

  • Alaya

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 28' | USA | None

    Enchanting, minimalist film consisting solely of grains of sand, which act as hyperboles for the constituents of celluloid images: film grain.
  • Arbor Vitae

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 28' | USA | None

    Film shows insight into the metaphysical coherence of life, gives existence a soul like the tree of life.
  • Aubade

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 12' | USA | None

    Aubade is like the start of a new day and marks a new step for Dorsky in his contact with celluloid.
  • Compline

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 19' | USA | None

    A fond farewell to the unique Kodachrome film stock Dorsky used to shoot most of his extraordinarily beautiful films.
  • A Fall Trip Home

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 11' | USA | None

    Made by a then twenty-year-old Dorsky seeking form and self-awareness. In contrast to the other works selected, it has a small soundtrack.
  • Hours for Jerome

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 45' | USA | None

    Convincing return to filmmaking after more than 10 years’ absence is a cinematic succession of the seasons inspired by the Medieval Book of Hours.
  • Love’s Refrain

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 22' | USA | None

    A delicate doubling of reality, which results in a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the objects that surround us.
  • Pastourelle

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 16' | USA | European premiere

    Nathaniel Dorsky’s latest film is a silent, meditative, deeply loving experience.
  • Pneuma

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 27' | USA | None

    Painstaking materials research using various pieces of unexposed 16mm film stock. A meditative elegy of light.
  • Sarabande

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 15' | USA | None

    Sarabande has an enchanting rhythm alternating distance and detail with a melody dictated by nature.
  • Song and Solitude

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 21' | USA | None

    No words can describe the dark beauty of Song and Solitude. A comprehensive symphony of wonder.
  • Threnody

    Nathaniel Dorsky | 25' | USA | None

    An offering to influential filmmaker Stan Brakhage, made shortly before his death, which gives him a final look at earth.