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Remembrance of a Summer from an Etobicoke Hotel

A stay at an airport hotel prompts memories of a lost summer in the country. As time passes and industrial drones grow, the memories are completely surrendered to and an escape from the grey landscape is found.

An entry in an ongoing video and film diary series. Remembrance of a Summer from an Etobicoke Hotel was shot on a Samsung Galaxy S10 and Braun Nizo 156 XL super 8 camera using Kodak 7213, 7266, and 7294 film stocks.

  • Callon Murphy
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 10, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English, French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 8mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Suspaustas Laikas
    Klaipėda
    Lithuania
    August 15, 2022
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Callon Murphy

Callon Murphy is an amateur filmmaker and software developer currently residing in Kitchener, Ontario on unceded land. His work blends personal memories and formal experiments through various DIY digital and analog techniques. Delivered with sparse sound design and typically without narration, Callon's films and videos deal with the falsity of image-making and the futility of technology.

His films have screened at festivals around the world including Obskura (France), Engauge (USA), Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (Canada), Experimental Superstars (Serbia), FUSE (Croatia), Fisura (Mexico), and Suspaustas Laikas (Lithuania).

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