About the Film
The natural environment sweeps through this abandoned place, once home to over three thousand people based around a thriving pulp mill. The remains of the town bears its weight upon the vestiges of a landscape and its once prescribed aesthetic value. Situated within Heiltsuk territory on the central coast of British Columbia, one of the oldest continually inhabited regions in North America. Ocean Falls is a somber, inquisitive observation of a colonial settlement built upon resource extraction.
Details
Director: Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson
Country of Origin: Canada
Year: 2015
Language: English
Credits
Producer: Aidan Whiteley
Photography: Ryan Ermacora
Editor: Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson
Colour: Ryan Ermacora
Location Sound: Jessica Johnson
Post Production Sound: Jessica Johnson, Max Gross
Director
Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson
Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora are award-winning filmmakers based in Vancouver, BC. Their films investigate the ways in which humans have engraved themselves into the biosphere. Formally, their work is defined by a structural approach to filmmaking, engaging with the optics of cinema while illustrating the experience of labour in dialogue with landscape. Their work has screened at festivals and cinemas including Cinéma du réel, The Walker Art Center, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Open City Documentary Festival, Kassel Dokfest and VIFF.