This short film is a lockdown collaboration between a photographer/filmmaker and a writer who find themselves unable to travel to the Arctic landscape which has inspired them in the past - or indeed to travel anywhere.

Trying To Stay Light

Time has passed so quickly that we have lost the direction of life.

Homeless

An observational piece on two seemingly dissimilar St. Louis events that took place in June 2019. Man and nature can be equally explosive and yet only one has the option of choice.

After the Flood

Phosphene tells the story of homeless skater Bernardo and office assistant Susan dealing with drug-induced magical powers as they manage the anxieties of being artists; Bernardo, a musician looking for an audience and, Susan, a former painter trying to find a muse.

Phosphene

Suppressed memories reach a boiling point. An animated tale of longing.

Dull Hope

Native activist and thought leader Mark Charles tells a metaphorical story composed to express the feeling of being Native American and intended to adjust the posture and heart of dominant culture towards Native peoples.

Grandmother

On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.

Water is Life (L'eau est la vie): From Standing Rock to the Swamp

Moderated talkbacks with the filmmakers from After the Flood, Phosphene, Dull Hope and Grandmother

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