Les Rites de Passage

Also available as part of the short film program Filmforum Shorts: The Cycle of Transcience ⸺ This film contains scenes with stroboscopic effects. Viewer discretion is advised. Light falls through small openings. The initially blurred image becomes clearer. Through the bark of trees, views open onto a decaying landscape of dead spruces, a monoculture in decline. Fossil finds, petrified memories of a bygone era. A luminous figure and mystical rituals, captured on the grainy film stock. A constant flow of creation and decay.