Private Project

The shimmering mysteries of night

Two large ferries frame the beginning and the end of the film, engaged in a night crossing. The Moon illuminates the sea, marking another path, beyond the navigation channel, increasing the mystery of the night. A choral song from 1950, tells of a Finnish worker’s everyday life in the rhythm of the winter waves. Moby’s “Lonely night” accompanies the crossing. There is a sense of longing in the cold winter. The “Imprint of stones, torn mooring ropes and fishing nets with starfish” by the artist Stefania Kenley penetrates the dark surface of the water.

  • Ron Kenley
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish, Romanian
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
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:
2026 - Tears of Snow (9 min)
2026 - THE CHAINS OF TIME (19 min)
2025 - Reframe and layer (22 min)
2025 - Reflections (9 min)
2025 - The shimmering mysteries of night (10 min)
2024 - Artifice (8 min)
2024 - That which remains in the flow of time (15 min)
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 - 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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