Cast
Gavin Connor Brian Ladoon Don Lind 
Peter Mettler Kees Verspeek
Credits
Written by: Peter Mettler
Music: Jim O'Rourke
Produced by: Alexandra Rockingham Gill Peter Mettler Ingrid Veninger
Plot
A film crew travels to northern Manitoba to film the aurora borealis in winter, in an essay about the difficulty of capturing light.
Sinekatalog’s take
A meditative film about nature and filmmaking.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (304 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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