Private Project

Stillness Brings Escape : From the Prison of Time : Through Bondage to Flesh

A man with a rare form of paralysis is able to see beyond his current point in time, but it brings him no relief.

  • DT Kofoed
    Director
    New Year's Kiss, In Your Eyes, Man Out of Time, The Third Day
  • DT Kofoed
    Writer
    New Year's Kiss, In Your Eyes, Man Out of Time
  • DT Kofoed
    Producer
    New Year's Kiss, In Your Eyes
  • DT Kofoed
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 26, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Austin Arthouse Film Festival's 48 Hour Arthouse Film Contest
    [online]
    United States
    April 27, 2020
  • Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival
    Muskogee, OK
    United States
    April 28, 2022
    Festival Premiere
    Nominee: Best Drama Short
Director Biography - DT Kofoed

A lifelong fan of cinema, DT Kofoed has studied the theory and visual narrative conventions of comics and film, published academically on those subjects, and taught creative writing at both Michigan State University and the University of South Dakota. Through hands-on experience and pure hubris, he has reverse-engineered that theory into crude practice.

As a working filmmaker with a neuro-muscular disability, frequently wearing the hats of Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Effects Artist, and Producer all at once, he has come to believe that life is too uncertain to waste time with timid Art.

He lives and shoots in Lansing's REO Town, in the heart of Michigan. Half his year is sacrificed to the Threadbare Mitten Film Festival.

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Director Statement

This short was created solo in quarantine for the Austin Arthouse Film Festival's 48 Hour Arthouse Film Contest, shot on April 25th, edited and mixed on the 26th, 2020. I chose the theme "Time moves in all directions now," the prop "Mirror," and the action of the "Burning of a flame." Additionally, the required line "Who could've guessed" had to appear three times.