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Set in Antarctica (and partly shot there), the science fiction tale sees a researcher (Crawford Thomson) dealing with unsettling events — traumatic personal news, isolation, disquieting “anomalous electrical readings”, and warping time. As newsreader John Campbell says in an intercepted transmission: “the speed of light is changing. Well, what does that mean?”. The title is from Hone Tuwhare’s anti-nuclear themed poem of the same name, but the film was inspired by Pat Rushin short story Speed of Light. It was an official selection at Edinburgh Film Festival.
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Short Film, 1980 (Full Length)
A doco on Chris Cree Brown whose music features in the film
Television, 2004 (Full Length Episode)
John Campbell also appears in this show
Short Film, 1964 (Full Length)
An Academy Award-nominated NFU Antarctic doco
Television, 2002 (Excerpts)
Also features John Campbell
Television, 1973 (Full Length Episode)
A 1973 look at New Zealand and the Antarctic
2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Short Film
2005 Drifting Clouds Film Festival
Achievement in Sound Editing: Chris Burt
2004 Friends of the Civic Short Film Award (New Zealand)
for No Ordinary Sun
Festivals include
Edinburgh Film Festival, Slamdance (United States), Hof (Germany)
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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