Local Sightings Film Festival 2024

Dreaming Animals

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Available September 20, 2024 7:01 AM UTC
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5 films in package
Song 8
A musician struggles to find inspiration to finish his album, just as his apartment starts emitting strange noises and oozing strange substances.
In Silence, We Echo
After a sultry summer spent infatuated with one another, time trickles by slowly for a young couple. While they spend the winter in a cabin on Cortes Island, they begin to feel entranced by mundane objects, triggering an experience of the absolute.
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Emerald City
A musician relates to his friends a vision that encompasses the most important events in his life and culminates in his demise.
Byland - Two Circles
After death, a young woman finds herself wandering through an expanding liminal space in an effort to move on and leave the physical world behind.
The Shape of Trees
A momentary encounter with elusive filmmaker Terrence Malick forever alters Jack's life path, and his perception of reality. This dark, satirical comedy explores how the stories we tell can ground our sense of identity while simultaneously drawing us too deeply into Narcissus' pond.
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“We’re just a bunch of dreaming animals.” Prepare to be dazzled by these trippy and existentially-minded shorts. Timelines scramble and colors bleed in these beguiling tales of songwriter’s block, Terrence Malick obsession, and other quirks of the human condition. Programmed in partnership with Scarecrow Video and featuring a spellbinding hidden gem from their “Local” section, Emerald City!



Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 28 at 4pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!

After a sultry summer spent infatuated with one another, time trickles by slowly for a young couple. While they spend the winter in a cabin on Cortes Island, they begin to feel entranced by their wood stove, triggering an experience of the absolute. Their entrancement comes to a head after they read a poem, which forces them to confront their deeply repressed fears. A study of love, darkness, attachment, inner demons, and the power of poetry.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Northwest
  • Note
    (Alden Doyle, Canada, 2024, 11 min, in English) Northwest premiere!
  • Director
    Alden Doyle
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