Starting at the residual light from the eruption of the Hunga Tonga submarine volcano in the heart of the Pacific Ocean to Mount Beerwah and the Bunya Mountains in Australia, Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya brings together 16mm images from a variety of volcanic sites. The film, composed of close-ups and numerous juxtaposed images, creates an impressionistic geology. To add to this composite sensory atmosphere, the sites' soundscapes blend with one created by Australian composer and artist Lawrence English. This approach offers a more evocative than realistic vision of these natural landscapes, inviting an alternative contemplation of nature and, more specifically, of these places imbued with a grandiose beauty, but also a latent destructive danger. (AJL)

competition : National Short and Medium-Length Competition

Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya