20-22 OMEGA: 2021 EDITION
A non-verbal cinematic symphony about the humans of the Anthropocene. 20-22 is the prequel project to 21-22 the VR series project.
In 8 chapters, 20-22 OMEGA: 2021 EDITION invites us on a cinematic odyssey into the human civilization which engendered a new Earth epoch known as the Anthropocene.
Shot over 5 years across 100 locations, with an expansive and profound look at contemporary postmodern humanity, this film brings us compelling Black & White imagery revealing various human environments, activities, events and behaviors; all captured on celluloid film. In symphony with the cinematography, Cathedral organ music, choir songs and Inuit throat singing come together to create a hypnotic operatic soundtrack, standing in for speech.
This film reprises the Avantgarde "city symphony" cinema genre of the 1920s -- as an ode, a reference as well as a juxtaposition to the past -- and thus conjuring a postmodern cinematic symphony about the 21st century. Through the medium and language of nonverbal cinema (music and imagery), we are presented a meditative examination of the anthropocentric way of life full of crowds, machines, technology, production and abstraction.
20-22 OMEGA is a "true civilization symphony" as described by Fabrice Montal, programmer and curator of the Cinémathèque Québécoise, and a "stunning feature film translating the great art of the 1920’s “city symphonies” into our modern-day world" as described by the British Film Institute.
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Thierry LoaDirector
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Thierry LoaWriter
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Thierry LoaProducer
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Forbes CampbellProducer
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Ray ShinePicture Editing
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Ida ToninatoMusic Composition
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Philippe Le BonMusic Composition
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Guillaume MartineauMusic Composition
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Thierry LoaCinematography
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Philippe BélandMusic Editing and Arrangement
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Ivaluarjuk Kathleen MerrittInuit Throat Singing
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental
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Genres:Visual anthropology, Ethnographic, Nonverbal documentary, Film symphony
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Runtime:1 hour 5 minutes
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Completion Date:May 31, 2021
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada, United States
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Shooting Format:S16 MM
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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BFI Green Light exhibition: A focus on Climate ChangeLondon
United Kingdom
November 1, 2021
World premiere
Official Selection curated by the British Film Institute -
RIDMMontreal
Canada
November 15, 2018
Student/Youth Jury Best Film Award -
Vision du Reel
France
April 22, 2019 -
Pleasure Dome: ComposthumanismToronto
Canada
December 7, 2019
Thierry Loa is a Montreal-based filmmaker and an intermedia artist. Having studied multimedia arts, philosophy, film studies and geography, he has been working in various visual and media disciplines, on a diverse and mixed array of projects such as narrative films, interactive cinema, video installations, new media design, and photography. In 2018, he completed his first feature film 20-22 OMEGA (111min) which explores the humanity emerging in the epoch of the Anthropocene. This film won the Prix du Jury Étudiant at the 21st RIDM film festival where it world-premiered. In 2021, the SERIES EDITION of 20-22 OMEGA was completed and is now available. He is currently working on the sequel project titled "21-22" -- a 360VR film bringing an immersive look at the state of humankind and nature around the planet. For more info, visit WWW.21-22.EARTH
His fields of interest and research include Art, Cinema, Literature, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Technology, and Media Theory.
20-22 OMEGA could be described as "Man with a Movie Camera (1929)" meets "2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)".