Lumen
Lumen (meaning ''light'' in Latin) is a sensory film shot on Super-8 that portrays a young girl with oculocutaneous albinism. Despite the hypersensitivity caused by this genetic disease, the depigmentation of her skin and eyes gives her an extraordinary aura.
* Best Experimental Film Award - Hong Kong Art House Film Festival (Hong Kong)
* Best Documentary Film Award - Bruges International Film Festival (Bruges, Belgium)
* Best Experimental Film Award - Doc.Sidney (Sidney, Australie)
* Best Experimental Documentary Film Award - Doc.London (London, England)
* 2nd Prize - International Rare Disease Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
* Best Experimental Short Award - Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival (Lafayette, USA)
* Best Extreme Short Documentary Award - Doc.Berlin Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
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Sarah SeenéDirector
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Sarah SeenéWriter
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Sarah SeenéProducer
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Marlène GuayKey Cast"-"
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Experimental documentary
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Runtime:1 minute 40 seconds
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Completion Date:September 1, 2019
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:French
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Shooting Format:Super-8
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Black & White
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Dresden Film FestDresden
Germany
April 10, 2022 -
L'AlternativaBarcelona
Spain
December 5, 2021 -
Bruges International Film FestivalBruges
Belgium
October 1, 2021
Best Documentary Award -
BideodromoBilbao
Spain
October 3, 2021
Spain Premiere -
Verona International Film FestivalVerona
Italy
October 1, 2021
Italian Premiere -
VideomedejaNovi Sad
Serbia
October 13, 2021 -
Doc.BostonBoston
United States
July 17, 2021 -
Hong Kong Arthouse Film FestivalHong Kong
China
June 18, 2021
Chinese premiere
Best experimental film -
FIMAVVictoriaville
Canada
May 23, 2021
Official selection -
Doc.SydneySydney
Australia
April 15, 2021
Australian premiere
Best experimental documentary film award -
Doc.LondonLondon
United Kingdom
April 1, 2021
Best experimental documentary film award -
Ann Arbor Film FestivalAnn Arbor
United States
March 23, 2021
Official selection -
Cinema on the Bayou film festivalLafayette
United States
January 20, 2021
Best Experimental Short Film Award -
International Rare Disease film festivalBerlin
Germany
February 28, 2021
Official competition -
Kurzfilm festivalHamburg
Germany
November 5, 2020
German premiere
International competition -
Doc.Berlin Documentary Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
December 14, 2020
Berlin premiere
Best Extreme Short Documentary Award -
KinoskopBelgrade
Serbia
December 4, 2020
Serbian premiere
Official competition -
International Portrait Film Festival (IPFF)Sofia
Bulgaria
November 15, 2020
Bulgarian premiere -
AnalogicaBolzano
Italy
November 13, 2020
Italian premiere
Official selection -
Engauge Experimental Film FestivalSeattle
United States
November 5, 2020
Official selection -
UltracinemaLa joya
Mexico
November 17, 2020
Mexican premiere
Official selection -
MUFF - Montreal Underground Film FestivalMontréal
Canada
November 12, 2020
Official selection -
Moviate UndergroundHarrisburg
United States
September 18, 2020
Official selection -
VideoexZurich
Switzerland
September 14, 2020
Swiss premiere
International competition -
Another experiment by women film festivalNew-York
United States
August 26, 2020
American premiere
Official selection -
48 images secondeFlorac
France
May 6, 2020
Quebecker competition -
Traverse VidéoToulouse
France
March 15, 2020
European premiere
Official selection -
Moving-Image-Arts International Short Film FestivalToronto
Canada
January 8, 2020
Official selection -
Rendez-vous Québec CinémaMontréal
Canada
February 28, 2020
Montreal premiere
Official selection -
Vues dans la tête de (...)Rivière-du-loup
Canada
February 7, 2020
International premiere
Canadian short films competition
Distribution Information
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VideographeCountry: CanadaRights: All Rights
Sarah Seené is a photographer and filmmaker who works with analog media (35mm, 120mm, Polaroid, Super8). Bringing together mainly portraits, her images focus on faces, bodies and the human being. The photographic material offered by the film has allowed her to develop a singular poetry, a dream that animates each of her series. Her work is inspired by the concept of resilience spoken by the French neuropsychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik. For several years, she carried out an introspective research aimed at grasping the contours of her own history and her capacity to be reborn from her ashes, through the exploration of the post-traumatic shock syndrome linked to several personal dramas. Resilience is particularly central in her work about herself or about other people.