Private Project

Time Crystals

This is a film about time, narrated by a synthetic entity. Her narrative loops and shifts, and in time it is almost as if other, branching films are emerging from the spaces between - from our own mental images, memories, and cinematic consciousness.

  • Abinadi Meza
    Writer
  • Abinadi Meza
    Director
  • Abinadi Meza
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, experimental, art, indie, auteur, short, narrative, art film
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Film
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Film-Makers’ Cooperative / New American Cinema Group (New York)
    Distributor
Director Biography - Abinadi Meza

Abinadi Meza is a Latinx-Indigenous (Otomí - México) filmmaker and artist whose practice investigates the intersection of architecture, phenomenology, and the materiality of the moving image. His work is defined by a "Total Work" approach to 16mm film and sound mass, utilizing direct, cameraless processes to create non-representational sensory experiences.

Over a career spanning two decades, his films have been showcased at premier international festivals including Transmediale/CTM (Berlin), Kassel Dokfest, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Aesthetica (UK), alongside specialized experimental venues such as Crossroads (San Francisco), Antimatter (Victoria BC), Analogica (Italy), Light Matter, RPM, and Anthology Film Archives.

A Rome Prize Fellow in Visual Art, Meza’s work has been presented at leading international institutions including the Walker Art Center, MAXXI (Rome), Irish Museum of Modern Art, Wexner Center for the Arts, and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. His focus on the "Sonic Atmosphere" of the image has earned awards including Best Soundtrack at the 2024 Ribalta Experimental Film Festival and critical acclaim in Afterimage and desistfilm. He holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota and an M.Arch in Media & Theory from SCI-Arc.

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