Kinorama

First Gasp

Miranda Herceg, short experimental, 21 min, 2016

First Gasp

Synopsis

First Gasp is like an ant nest with its distorted voices and automated movements constrained by the space barriers, where organisms mimic the colors of their environment. The atmosphere of suspense created by the sound and the static eye of the camera suggests the presence of a hidden viewer. Is this viewer the space around us? Human reality captured by the frozen eye seems like a dream. Until the camera moves and reveals the space as the subject of the story.

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Crew

Screenwriter

Miranda Herceg

Producer

Ankica Jurić Tilić

DOP

Pavel Posavec

Editor

Vladimir Gojun

Composer and sound designer

Vjeran Salamon

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Festivals

Pula Film Festival 2017

Pula, Croatia

Programme: Short Pula

Guimarães Cinema Som International Film Festival 2016

Guimarães, Portugal.

Competition programme

12th 25 FPS - International Experimental Film and Video Festival 2016

Zagreb, Croatia

Programme: Reflexes

The International Festival of New Film / Split Film Festival 2016

Split, Croatia

"Croatian movie" programme

FIDMarseille — Marseille’s International Film Festival 2016

Marseille, France

Kratki na brzinu 2016

St. Ivan Zelina, Croatia

River Film Festival 2016

Padova, Italy

Official selection

Croatian Film Days 2016

Zagreb, Croatia

Official selection