Five minutes. One dying girl. A star learns what it means to go dark.
When viewed from far away, life on Earth can seem meaningless. But when a star inhabits a dying girl, they experience the tragic beauty found at the moment when the light goes out.
Sound
Dual voice performance creates uncanny celestial intimacy.
Direction
calm/eye packs a lifetime into 300 seconds.
Director
calm/eye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
calm/eye is a pseudonym for a collective of German animation students; this premiered at Ottawa International Animation Festival.
The dual voice casting—same actor for star and girl—was deliberate to suggest identity dissolution, not dialogue.
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