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DAWN

One woman faces her final obligation in her isolated, waning days among a post-apocalyptic world.

  • Nona Catusanu
    Director
    Shrines
  • Katherine Castro
    Director
  • Liza Gipsova
    Director
  • Red Dawn Trio
    Director
  • Nona Catusanu
    Writer
    Shrines
  • Tim Wu
    Producer
    Imitation Girl, Lucky, Expatriates
  • Nicolle Márquez
    Key Cast
    "Dawn"
    Sonia, Ledia
  • Nona Catusanu
    Directors of Photography
    Spare Parts, Ovum, Scenes from the Underground, The Land of Owls
  • Katherine Castro
    Directors of Photography
    When We Grow Up, 3 Days, Sideways Smile, Christmas Eve Eve, Millie, Prick'd
  • Liza Gipsova
    Directors of Photography
    Woodford County, Girlfriend Material, In the Land of Moonstones, Tech Bettys, The Morning After
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-fi, Suspense, Experimental, Silent
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 30, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nona Catusanu, Katherine Castro, Liza Gipsova, Red Dawn Trio

DAWN is the inaugural project of RED DAWN TRIO, a collective of three cinematographers, Katherine Castro, Nona Catusanu, and Liza Gipsova, based in New York City. Initially we bonded over the commonalities in our individual working experiences as mid-career female cinematographers. We developed DAWN as a response to the lack of opportunities available to us to shoot on 35mm film, in a technical and aesthetic exercise, which ultimately became a radical collaboration exploring new ways of working with our peers in a way that department heads rarely have the opportunity to. The project and the finished film is a celebration of celluloid and collaboration.

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Director Statement

An atmospheric exploration of the effects of total isolation, the film, shot on 35mm, is without dialogue and relies heavily on sound and imagery to take us through our character's deteriorating mental and physical state as she deals with loss, loneliness, and the fragility of the human experience.