Private Project

That which remains in the flow of time - bones and ruins

Flowing water is present in every frame of the film: carving the earth, covering stones and ruins, feeding a lake. It can evaporate and then fall like rain, or run down the mountain. It measures time within History and in the stories of past lives. It points towards memory and vestiges of action.
If silence covers the bones and ruins once they no longer sustain and protect, what sound may break it ?

CE QUI RESTE DANS LE FLUX DU TEMPS – LES OS ET LES RUINES

Le cours de l'eau est présent dans chaque image du film : l'eau creuse la terre, recouvre les pierres et les ruines, alimente un lac. Elle peut s'évaporer et puis tomber comme la pluie, ou dévaler la montagne. Elle mesure le temps à l’intérieur de l'Histoire et dans les récits des vies passées. Elle pointe vers la mémoire et vers les vestiges de l'action.
Si le silence couvre les os et les ruines une fois qu'ils ne soutiennent plus et ne protègent plus, quel son pourrait le briser ?

  • Ron Kenley
    Director
  • Ron Kenley
    Written, filmed, edited, colour graded, special effects, recorded and mixed
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ce qui reste dans le flux du temps, les os et les ruines
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 3, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Romania
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Festival du Film Européen
    Houlgate, Normandie
    France
    October 17, 2024
    France
    Official selection Art films section
Director Biography - Ron Kenley

Trained as an architect with a long career in teaching, he has been creating multi-media and videos since 1998. Started with visual works as film analysis (2001-2003). Over the years, he developed the capacity for handling all the aspects of filmmaking more or less single-handed. This resulted in a diverse and independent work of various lengths and subjects.
Recent filmography:
2024 - Stones on canvas (16 min)
2023 - Wasp nest in volcanic mud (7 min)
2023 - Bunker broken in the shadow of a fallen tree (25 min)
2023-24 - MONTAGE - Experiment/Enthusi asm (33 min)
2022 - Whisper of wrath (9 min)
2022 - Stories of Assassins (13 min)
2021 – Un-painting (17 min), K’s GAZE (diptych 18+28 min)
2020 – The Time Being Trilogy (12+34+18 min), They think we are ghosts (21 min)

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Director Statement

Once silence replaces the sounds of life while bodies and buildings turn to bones and ruins, the infinite flow of water turns them into a part of nature once again. The music is searching for the sound of memory, for what can no longer be seen but imagined and remembered.

Lorsque le silence remplace les bruits de la vie et quand les corps et les bâtiments se transforment en os et en ruines, le flux infini de l'eau les ramène à la nature. La musique est à la recherche du son de la mémoire, de ce qui ne peut plus être vu mais imaginé et remémoré.