A day longer than a day
“A day longer than a day” is a cinematic reflection on the irregular currents in the Euripus Strait, a narrow tract of water running along the coast of Chalkida (Greece). On six days during the synodic lunar month, three days after each squaring of Sun-Earth-Moon (90 degree constellation), the regular tidal forces weaken and these currents become so unpredictable that they violently change direction up to 14 times in 24 hours. This unique natural phenomenon and the associated historical process of understanding it, which begins with Aristotle, is used as a mirror for contradictory forces within the human soul.
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Alexander MaßDirector
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Alexander MaßWriter
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Alexander MaßProducer
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Alexander MaßEditing
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Alexander MaßCinematography
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Alexander MaßSound and Music
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Alexander MaßAnimation
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Alexander MaßVoice
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 25 seconds
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Completion Date:November 14, 2022
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Greece
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9 / 4K
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Canberra Short Film FestivalCanberra, ACT
Australia
November 10, 2023
Oceania Premiere
Official Selection: Experimental -
The Art of Brooklyn Film FestivalBrooklyn, NY
United States
June 1, 2023
North American Premiere
Official Selection: Film As Art Category (Experimental/Non-Linear - Films and Series) -
European Short Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
June 21, 2023
Official Selection: Experimental Short Section -
Cine Paris Film FestivalParis
France
France Premiere
Best Artist Film, Short / WINNER -
Berlin Indie Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
German Premiere
Best Artist Film (Short) / WINNER -
Five Continents International Film FestivalPuerto La Cruz
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
South American Premiere
Best Video Art / WINNER -
Sea of ArtStavanger
Norway
Official Selection: Best Experimental Work Category -
Athens International Monthly Art Film FestivalAthens
Greece
Greece Premiere
Best Experimental Film / Honorable Mention -
International Art Film FestivalLondon / Birmingham
United Kingdom
December 9, 2023
United Kingdom Premiere
Official Selection: Poetry Category
Alexander Maß is a German film artist. He completed a degree in environmental resource studies in Christchurch, New Zealand and a MBA-ish Diploma in Berlin before writing an essayistic, art-based thesis at the Berlin Social Science Center that critically reviewed methodological rules and the role of the researcher in particular. In addition, he attended film seminars at the Berlin University of the Arts and subsequently shot, among others, a short documentary for an NGO in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. His current artistic work gravitates around the connection of natural, social and psychological processes as well as philosophies of knowledge and newness, using text-, film- and sound-based media in order to question the very core idea of what kind of knowledge we should strive for and for what purpose.
“A day longer than a day” is a personal and confronting symbol of violent human irregularities and the individual as well as the collective process of making sense of them for the sake of inner emotional growth. How do we behave when another social form of squaring occurs?