INTO DAYLIGHT

by SJ. RAMIR

2009 / Mini DV / coul / son / 5' 00

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This film has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, during the 2009 digitization plan. The total length of the film is available online. The full movie is viewable in our documentation center.

In much of his video art, SJ.Ramir utilises geographical landscapes – and the movement of people through them, as a metaphor, to explore the notion of metaphysical journeys that we make across landscapes within in the mind. In a slight deviation from his usual style, Into Daylight is a widescreen ‘cinematic response’, to this theme. In it, Ramir has employed classic filmic devices - such as composed vignettes and slow camera pans - in combination with a lulling cinematic soundtrack, until a change in atmosphere occurs, and a lone figure, in silhouette, is revealed to be travelling through a remote and desolate terrain. The destination is not known. The focus is simply on the figures journey.

Financed by the Screen Innovation Production Fund - a partnership between the New Zealand Film Commission and Creative New Zealand.

Screened at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010.

1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	Mini DV (PAL)
original format	Mini DV
speed	25 ips
screen	16/9 (vidéo)
sound	son Stéréo
notes	Distribution exclusivement en Europe et au Royaume-Uni.
rental fee	24,00 €