Project Detail

Night Burns Like Cigarettes

Synopsis

Why are we so afraid of the dark that we need to brighten the world around us? Shot at night on the "cult" Red Monochrome with Camerimage Winner DOP Mate Herbai, NIGHT BURNS LIKE CIGARETTES approaches Light Pollution through our intimate relation to darkness, torn between love & fear. An anti-consumerist ballad in the night, it has Lily Cole as a Narrator, and British-Zimbabwean singer and dancer Kwaye.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
71 min
Format
Digital
Director
Elisabeth Felson 1st Feature
Producer
Elisabeth Felson
Editor
Francesco Cibati
Screenwriter
Elisabeth Felson
Director of Photography
Mate Herbai, HSC
Sound
Michael F. Bates
Composer
Kwaye
Principal cast
Lily Cole, Kwaye
Narration
Lily Cole

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