Point and Line to Plane

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Point and Line to Plane
Point and Line to Plane.jpg
Directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz
Written bySofia Bohdanowicz
Produced bySofia Bohdanowicz
Calvin Thomas
Starring Deragh Campbell
CinematographySofia Bohdanowicz
Edited bySofia Bohdanowicz
Music by Stefana Fratila
Release date
  • July 2020 (2020-07)(Marseille)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Point and Line to Plane is a 2020 Canadian dramatic short film directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz and starring Deragh Campbell. The film continues to follow the character Audrey Benac (originated in 2016's Never Eat Alone ). [1]

Contents

The film premiered at the Marseille International Film Festival in July 2020 and subsequently screened at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2020 New York Film Festival, the Festival de nouveau cinéma in Montreal, and the Vienna International Film Festival, among others. [2] [3] [4]

Plot

Devastated after the death of a friend, a young woman (Deragh Campbell) attempts to extract meaning from this intense loss as she discovers signs in her daily life and through encounters with the art of Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky. Borrowing its title from Kandinsky’s 1926 book, Point and Line to Plane portrays the phenomenon of magical thinking endured during an individual’s journey to process, heal and document a period of mourning. As the woman peers deeper into the invisible, the resurrecting potential of perception helps illuminate the power of how we choose to look and, moreover, how we see. [4]

Cast

Production

Campbell portrays Audrey Benac for a fourth time, having previously played her for Bohdanowicz in the films Never Eat Alone (2016), Veslemøy's Song (2018), and MS Slavic 7 (2019). [5]

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References

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  2. "Point and Line to Plane". FIDMarseille. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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  4. 1 2 "Point and Line to Plane". MAISON DU BONHEUR. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
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