Light Upon Light

"Light Upon Light" is sensorial short film consisting of the thoughts and abstractions of the archangel Azrael, or Malak-al-Maut as he is identified in Arabic culture, following his travels through the celestial and terrestrial planes before he takes a soul to the afterlife.

  • Amir Aether Valen
    Director
  • Amir Aether Valen
    Writer
  • Amir Aether Valen
    Producer
  • Amir Aether Valen
    Cinematography
  • Amir Aether Valen
    Sound Design
  • Amir Aether Valen
    Editing
  • Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV)
    Executive Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Poetic, Essay
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 7, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Cuba
  • Country of Filming:
    Cuba
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente - Extramuros

    January 15, 2021
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Amir Aether Valen

While being Film Production student at the University of the West Indies, Amir's student short documentary film “Who I Say I Am” was projected at the 2016 Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival where it won the “United Nations Award for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker” and also the award of “Best Trinidad & Tobago Short Documentary Film”.

Amir is a recent graduate of one of the most renowned schools in the Latin American film world, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba; having completed the Curso Regular programme of 3 years, where he specialized in Documentary Film Direction. He was chosen among 215 applicants from 24 countries to be a part of the 27th Generation of students of the Curso Regular at EICTV, and was 1 of 8 students to have received a scholarship provided by the Cuomo Foundation. In his time there he has created over 15 short films, some of which have competed both locally and internationally at film festivals; one of which was filmed at the Sierra Maestra - the largest mountain range in Cuba.

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Director Statement

This 5-minute short was filmed as an excercise during the Hybrid Forms of Cinema film workshop given by Eloy Enciso at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV).