Silica
2017
35mm, CGI
Silica explores territorial constructs and the boundaries of the real and the mediated in an opal mining town in the South Australian desert. Charting the journey of a film location scout, notions of settlement and belonging are investigated through images of a town in the midst of abandonment. Combining 35mm photography with microscopic and CG imagery, Silica blurs the actual and imaginary to probe ideas of value which support not only the gem trade but wider questions of identity and mythology.
Homo Melitensis, Malta Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (May 2017- Nov 2017)
Locarno Film Festival 2017 (International Competition)
BFI London Film Festival, Experimenta 2017
New York Film Festival, Projections 2017
Ficvaldivia, Chile 2017
Imagine Science Films, New York 2017
Curtocircuito, 2017 (Official Competition - Explora)
Zinebi 59, Bilbao 2017
IDFA, Amsterdam, Paradocs 2017
AFI Fest, 2017 ( Awarded Special Jury Mention)
2017
35mm, CGI
Silica explores territorial constructs and the boundaries of the real and the mediated in an opal mining town in the South Australian desert. Charting the journey of a film location scout, notions of settlement and belonging are investigated through images of a town in the midst of abandonment. Combining 35mm photography with microscopic and CG imagery, Silica blurs the actual and imaginary to probe ideas of value which support not only the gem trade but wider questions of identity and mythology.
Homo Melitensis, Malta Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (May 2017- Nov 2017)
Locarno Film Festival 2017 (International Competition)
BFI London Film Festival, Experimenta 2017
New York Film Festival, Projections 2017
Ficvaldivia, Chile 2017
Imagine Science Films, New York 2017
Curtocircuito, 2017 (Official Competition - Explora)
Zinebi 59, Bilbao 2017
IDFA, Amsterdam, Paradocs 2017
AFI Fest, 2017 ( Awarded Special Jury Mention)