Director
Catherine Martin
Production
Les Films de l'Autre
Languages
French, Japanese
Year
2023
86 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1
A meditative state of wonder where the fleeting beauty of shadows evokes our place in the world, the passage of time, and the very essence of life and its fragility.
Junichiro Tanizaki’s literary essay In Praise of Shadows, light and dark, and the origins of photography and cinema are among the strands interwoven in this “cinematic meditation” in three chapters. Fleeting shadows ebb and flow in a glistening half-light, an enchanted dreamlike state that reflects on our place in the world, the passage of time, and the very essence of life and its fragility.
Script writer: Catherine Martin
Cinematography: Catherine Martin
Additionnal images: Mathieu Laverdière, Jean Fugazza
Sound Recording: Catherine Martin
Editing: Catherine Martin
Sound Design: Simon Gervais
Sound Mix: Stéphane Bergeron
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Narration: Catherine Martin, Robert Lepage
Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin was born in Québec. She writes and directs all her films, fictions as well as documentaries. Her films have been shown at numerous international festivals (Berlin, Toronto, Oberhausen, Nyon, Buenos Aires, Karlovy Vary, etc.) and won awards in Canada and abroad. Since 2017, she has done her own camerawork, sound recording and picture editing, acting as a producer and director of her documentary essays.
In Praise of Shadows, 86 min, Documentary, 2023
Some of my Friends , 115 min, Documentary, 2017
A Young Girl, 85 min, Fiction, 2013
Of Time and Water, 2 min, Experimental, 2011
Three Times After Anna’s Death, 87 min, Fiction, 2010
Quand j’aurai vu les îles, 14 min, Fiction, 2010
Alice, 1 min, Fiction, 2007
In the Cities, 87 min, Fiction, 2006
The Spirit of Places, 84 min, Documentary, 2006
Ocean, 50 min, Documentary, 2002
Marriages, 95 min, Fiction, 2001
The Ladies of the 9th Floor, 50 min, Documentary, 1998
Weekends, 30 min, Fiction, 1995
The Shadow, 15 min, Fiction, 1992
African Nights, 48 min, Fiction, 1990
Odile or Reminiscences of a Journey, 23 min, Fiction, 1985