Scene from the film Distant Constellation
Scene from the film Distant Constellation
Scene from the film Distant Constellation
Scene from the film Distant Constellation

Distant Constellation

Direction
Year 
2017
Country
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • Turkey
Runtime
81min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

This film is now available only in Europe: Distant Constellation.

This haunted reverie drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera’s attention. A creaky- voiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded pianist performs a composition before confessing his love. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. Shevaun Mizrahi’s playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents’ limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.

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Details

  • Original Title
    Distant Constellation
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Shevaun Mizrahi
  • Cinematography
    Shevaun Mizrahi
  • Editing
    Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim
  • Sound
    Shevaun Mizrahi, Deniz Buga, Shelly Grizim
  • Runtime
    81 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2017
  • Country
    • United States
    • Netherlands
    • Turkey
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Awards
    • Winner - Locarno Festival 2017, The Jury’s Special Mention Award
    • Winner - Viennale 2017, FIPRESCI Prize
    • Winner - Festival de Sevilla 2017, Best Film Award
    • Winner - Jeonju Intl. Film Festival 2018, Best Picture Prize
    • Winner - DokuFest Kosovo 2018, Best Documentary Award
    • Winner - Yerevan Film Festival 2018, Best Documentary Award
    • Best of Fests - IDFA 2017

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