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Dark Matter

VIFF Short Forum

World Premiere

Now in the later stages of multiple sclerosis, the director ponders existence, disability, and quantum mechanics.

 

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Director
Featuring

Leo Berkeley

Credits
Country of Origin

Australia

Year

2024

Language

English

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18+
11 min
Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts

Credits & Director

Producer

Leo Berkeley

Screenwriter

Leo Berkeley

Cinematography

Ptolemy Culvenor

Editor

Ptolemy Culvenor

Original Music

Isobel D’Cruz, Hantu

Leo Berkeley headshot; Dark Matter director

Leo Berkeley

Leo Berkeley’s films include Holidays on the River Yarra (1990), which screened at the Vancouver film festival in 1991 and was an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). His personal website is at leoberkeley.com, which includes many of his films and an interview conducted by Jake Wilson. Wilson describes him as ‘one of the most original and neglected figures in Australian cinema’.

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