Of Light

‘De Luz (of light)’ is a moving image work that creates a poly-phonic narrative that stretches from day to night, using the unique light to guide the montage of the film. The project was shot in the Alentejo region of Portugal, and explores coastal landscapes surrounding the ‘Cabo Sardão’ lighthouse. These landscapes are mediated through a human perspective and presence, that explores the rhythms of the natural world, the experience of ‘being’ and listening.
It is a work-in-progress (the soundtrack will be mastered professionally, alongside the adjustment of one section in the middle daylight section of the film.)

  • Léna Lewis-King
    Director
  • Michelle Lewis-King
    Sound Designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    De Luz
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Nature, Documentary, Artist Film, Artist Moving Image, Phenomenology
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 16, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16 : 27
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Léna Lewis-King

Léna began working in film at 16 when she entered a competition to participate in the program for young filmmakers Into Film hosted at the ICA London. The following year she was awarded a commission by Channel 4’s Random Acts series to produce and direct her first film ‘Untitled Sequence’ in 2017, which was screened in theatres across the United Kingdom. From 2018 onwards, Léna has given talks on her film projects at SPACE Studios and Screen 25 London and her work has been shown at the ICA London, Channel 4, South London Gallery, the BFI London, the Chisenhale Gallery London, the Armory Show New York and at numerous film festivals. Her film 'L'autroritratto' will be featured in an upcoming show at La Galleria Nazionale in Rome next March.

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Director Statement

Léna Lewis-King’s work engages with everyday magical transformations emerging within the intersections between nature and technology. Her work is presented through the mediums of film and moving image, photography, painting, digital drawing, and installation. Framing her perspective from a feminist viewpoint, she often features psychic and spiritual aspects of lived experience, as her films meditate on the impact techno-capitalist acceleration exerts upon ephemeral life and living in the world.