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Substantial shadows

Austria, 1987
film

An elegant, silent meditation on different light forms as they emerge from and transform different obscure, shadowy environments. A miner’s torch flicke..

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Free shadow movies

United States, 1989
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Is there any room for me here?

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Light play

Australia, 1984
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Light play: black-white-gray = Ein lightspiel: scwarz-weiss-grau

United States, 1930
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Buried in light

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Phantom

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Fire of time

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Artificial illuminations

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Shadows on the snow = Skuggor over snon

Sweden, 1945
Similarity: 72%

In the Shadow of the Sun

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Weights of Light

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The Shadowers

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Shadows

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First principles and reflection

United Kingdom, 1950
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Shadowland

Australia, 1988
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ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people. We recognise the connection of First Peoples to their Country and that Treaty marks a renewed relationship grounded in truth-telling, self‑determination and respect. We also acknowledge First Nations people as the original storytellers of this land and recognise their significant contribution to the contemporary moving image.