108 min
Theatrical cut run time
35mm & DCP
Exhibition formats
Rotterdam
Tiger competition premiere
Telluride
Special presentation
Photochemical Precision
Digital sensors smoothed out the punishing coastal frost. We loaded mechanical Arriflex bodies with high-contrast Kodak stock, warming camera magazines against wool coats between takes.
Practical lighting consisted entirely of antique sodium-vapor lanterns and nautical signal flares, preserving deep chiaroscuro shadows across every interior sequence.
Repertory Engagements
Rotterdam Film Festival
Film Society of Lincoln Center
BFI Southbank London
Pacific Film Archive
European premiere with dual 35mm projection at Cinema de Balie, followed by an in-person technical symposium on photochemical grain.
Curated weekend retrospective pairing 'Pale Meridian' alongside seminal Scandinavian coastal noir classics.
West Coast engagement including a rare 16mm workprint exhibition and dedicated director Q&A on location sound recording.
Week-long repertory run in Manhattan, featuring archival prints restored in collaboration with the laboratory.
Watermarked digital screener links and 35mm loan terms dispatched promptly to accredited curators, festival juries, and repertory programmers.