An active dying is an experimental film that utilizes film’s position as a dying medium to explore what dying is. I came to the conclusion that there is an active state of dying and an inactive one. That active state is like a crescendo of ever increasing importance, and change. It’s a dying star, creating a supernova, blowing you up from the inside. If you survive, you still feel the pressure of the star inside you, you aren’t able to ignore it as you did before you knew of its precarious nature. An active dying recreates this experience with film texture, colour and flicker

an active dying (2025)

120mm, 16mm

3:18 minutes

Winner of Frith Prize 2025