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Canada Switzerland 1994

reĹľija/directed by
Peter Mettler

scenarij/screenplay
Peter Mettler

fotografija/cinematography
Peter Mettler

glasba/music
Jim O'Rourke

montaĹľa/editing
Peter Mettler, Mike Munn

zvok/sound
Leon Johnson, Gaston Kyriazi

producenti/producers
Andreas ZĂĽst, Peter Mettler, A. Gill

produkcija/production
Grimthorpe Film Inc.
91 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto
M5S 2L8 Ontario
Canada
416 923 4206
416 923 4043
[email protected]

format/format
35mm, barvni/colour

dolĹľina/running time
83'

festivali, nagrade (izbor)/festivals, awards (selection)
Hot Docs Toronto: Best Film, Best Cinematography, &Best Writing
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland: La Sarraz Prize
Swiss Ministry of Culture: Award for Excellence in the Arts
Figueira da Foz International Festival: Grand Prize (Images & Documents)
MCTV Award: Best Ontario Film
Yamagata International Documentary Festival: Award for Excellence

Picture of Light takes the approach of a poetical essay documenting the search for a natural wonder; the mysterious Aurora Borealis. It's incorporeal lights and colours pouring from the sky lure a small film team of six to Canada's arctic. After strenuous and complicated technical preparations - among other things, the camera had to be protected against temperatures dropping to minus 40Ëš Celsius - and with 50 pounds of batteries in their luggage, they set out on a 3000-mile train journey through practically uninhabited snowy landscapes to the end of the civilized world - Churchill, Manitoba.