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.

  • Alexander Maß
    Director
  • Alexander Maß
    Writer
  • Alexander Maß
    Producer
  • Alexander Maß
    Editing
  • Alexander Maß
    Cinematography
  • Alexander Maß
    Sound and Music
  • Alexander Maß
    Animation
  • Alexander Maß
    Voice
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 14, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9 / 4K
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Canberra Short Film Festival
    Canberra, ACT
    Australia
    November 10, 2023
    Oceania Premiere
    Official Selection: Experimental
  • The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    June 1, 2023
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection: Film As Art Category (Experimental/Non-Linear - Films and Series)
  • European Short Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    June 21, 2023
    Official Selection: Experimental Short Section
  • Cine Paris Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    France Premiere
    Best Artist Film, Short / WINNER
  • Berlin Indie Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    German Premiere
    Best Artist Film (Short) / WINNER
  • Five Continents International Film Festival
    Puerto La Cruz
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
    South American Premiere
    Best Video Art / WINNER
  • Sea of Art
    Stavanger
    Norway
    Official Selection: Best Experimental Work Category
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    Greece Premiere
    Best Experimental Film / Honorable Mention
  • International Art Film Festival
    London / Birmingham
    United Kingdom
    December 9, 2023
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Official Selection: Poetry Category
Director Biography - Alexander Maß

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.

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Director Statement

“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?