Experimental,
6:00 minutes,
No dialogue,
CA,
2008
Synopsis
After premiering at SXSW, this experimental walk through the Peace Movement in the United States has played more than 25 of the top film festivals across the country.
Creative team
Writer/director/producer: Gavin Heffernan
Personal statement
Director Gavin Heffernan says:
"A short film shot in the shadows of the upcoming 2008 US Presidential Election. Initially conceived as a visual study of "action vs inaction", the film shifted with the the two day Los Angeles shoot into a piece about the cyclical nature of mankind's violent, sometimes beautiful evolution."
Gavin Heffernan
An alumnus of McGill University and the AFI Conservatory, Canadian-born writer/director Gavin Heffernan first hit the independent scene with his microbudget feature film Expiration.
Catching the attention of Variety, Film Festival Today and Ain't it Cool News, the $10,000 Montreal feature would take grand rrize at the 2004 Canadian Filmmakers Festival.
After graduating from AFI in 2007, Heffernan co-founded The Film Summit - an industry event focused on preserving cinematic relations between Canada and Hollywood, featuring works from the American Film Institute and the Canadian Film Centre.