Imagina / Levers / Canada 2025
In Manitoba there’s something in the air and no-one can capture it quite like Canadian filmmaker Rhayne Vermette, who shot her second feature film on a broken 16mm Bolex camera. In the Red River Valley people gather for the unveiling of a new sculpture and suddenly they are plunged into darkness. Reports on the television tell them that the sun will come to its senses and everything will be fine. This magical, taciturn and shimmeringly exquisite film unfolds in a mystical aura with a hint of sci-fi and is a testament to the power of analogue film. Mysteries are there to be experienced; we shouldn’t look for explanations. And the most wonderful procession is the one headed into the unknown – or into the night.
Viktor Palák
93 min / Color, DCP
Director Rhayne Vermette
/ Screenplay Rhayne Vermette
/ Dir. of Photography Rhayne Vermette, Ryan Steel, Heidi Phillips, Kristiane Church
/ Music Bret Parenteau, KK Phelan Harper, Nick Dourado
/ Sound Catie Pescitelli, Cody Blacksmith, Derek Benjamin Grocholski
/ Editor Rhayne Vermette
/ Art Director Janelle Tougas
/ Producer Rhayne Vermette, Oliver King, Charlene Moore
/ Production Exovedate Productions LTD
/ Cast Val Vint, Andrina Turenne, Will George
/ Contact Exovedate Productions LTD
Rhayne Vermette. Selected filmography: Black Rectangle (2014, short), Domus (2017, short), Ste. Anne (2021), A Black Screen Too (2024, short), Levers (2025).
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