Private Project

Waiting Up To Meet The Wolf

This debut 3-channel short is a quiet call to action for humanity to reverse the decline of dark skies, told via memories from the director’s childhood and adult life. Coalescing the past, present and future, the film weaves these stories around those of the Moonlight Tower, a short-lived 19th century lighting technology.
The film’s shaky visuals and day as night audio track are part of a deliberately off-kilter viewing experience, echoing the nocturnal ‘jet-lag’ felt across the natural world when darkness is lost. Shot on 16mm and hand-processed using eco-reversal techniques that complement the subject matter and message, the film poses the question but leaves the audience to decide the fate of our attitude towards darkness.
Made with the help of a 2022 Greenlight Grant from MediaNet (Canada).

  • Anthony Carr
    Director
  • Anthony Carr
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 20, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Chroma Art Film Festival
    Miami
    United States
    August 17, 2024
    Honourable Mention
  • Buzz Cinema
    Leighton Buzzard
    United Kingdom
    October 4, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • SEFF - Smaragdni eco film festival
    Duga Resa
    Croatia
    September 25, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 15, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • Canberra Short Film Festival
    Canberra
    Australia
    November 1, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • Antimatter (Media Art)
    Victoria
    Canada
    October 17, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC)
    Marseilles
    France
    December 14, 2024
    Offical Selection
  • West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
    Morgantown
    United States
    April 10, 2025
    Offical Selection
  • Films Of Return
    Online
    September 19, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Lowther's Short Support
    Lytham Saint Annes
    United Kingdom
    November 25, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Lightspeed Film Exhibition
    Victoria
    Canada
    January 23, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Harkat 16mm Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    November 28, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Living With Buildings X
    Coventry
    United Kingdom
    January 28, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Short Circuit Film Festival and Tour
    Tofino
    Canada
    April 13, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Short Circuit Film Festival and Tour
    Victoria
    Canada
    May 2, 2026
    Offical Selection
  • Cauldron Interntion Film and Video Festival
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    May 8, 2026
    Offical Selection
Director Biography - Anthony Carr

Born in London (UK), Anthony Carr is a Canadian-based visual artist working in photography, sculpture and moving image. Having exhibited widely, in 2021 Carr was awarded the inaugural Glover Rayner Prize (UK) for sustainable photography and a Greenlight film production grant from MediaNet (Canada).
His debut short film Waiting Up To Meet The Wolf (2023) has been screened at various film festivals including amongst others Buzz Cinema Festival, UK; Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Spain; Antimatter (Media Art), Canada; the Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia; 15th edition of Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC), France, and at West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, USA. Whilst his micro short timelapse animation Observing A Baker's Dozen: A Lunar Study in Variations of Size and Shape is featured in haus a rest’s online zine (issue no. 51, 2024) on the theme of Art and Science Collaborations. It has also been screened in Desaturated with Analogue Ensemble, Ramsgate, UK (2024) and at The Desert Festival, Central Australia (2020).
Notable recent shows of his artwork include born of isolation (after Eric), arc.hive artist run centre, Victoria, BC, Canada (solo) and You Are Welcome, Pat Martin Bates Gallery, Victoria Arts Coun-cil, BC, Canada (both 2024).

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Director Statement

Anthony Carr's artistic practice is rooted in experimentation and process, celebrating the materiality and alchemy of the analogue medium. Adopting a slow photographic approach, Carr looks to reveal something beyond human perception while embracing the accidental. He is particularly interested in and excited by the intersection of art and science.