Heaven (Extended)

In the late 18th century, German Mennonites moved north en masse from Pennsylvania and settled along the Grand River on traditional Chonnonton, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee territories. The reverberations of this colonial migration are still felt by the people living and working on the land today. A people implicated in and perpetuating a centuries long system of suffering, violence, and theft.

Heaven (Extended) is comprised of ten 1-shot Super 8 rolls and presented with an asynchronous audio track.

  • Callon Murphy
    Director
  • Paige Stampatori
    Cast / Title Cards
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Landscape, Structural
  • Runtime:
    36 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 27, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 CAD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    S8mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
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, the futility of technology, and historical subjectivity.

His films have screened at festivals around the world including the8fest (Canada), Obskura (France), Engauge (USA), Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (Canada), Experimental Superstars (Serbia), FUSE (Croatia), Fisura (Mexico), and Suspaustas Laikas (Lithuania).

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