(FOR ONCE I
DREAMED OF YOU)
a short film by Kate Solar
SHORT FILM
SCREENING BEFORE THERE, THERE
MAY 28, 2025 • 6:30 PM
@ THE BUS STOP THEATRE
(2203 GOTTINGEN STREET, HALIFAX)
I wept, and thought I turned towards you to weep;
But you were gone.
A pastoral nocturne turned inside-out.
This 16mm work was shot at the Film Farm in Mt. Forest, Ontario, and re-imagined through meticulous flashlight contact-printing in the AFCOOP darkroom.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Kate Solar
Kate Solar is a filmmaker based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Her documentary and experimental film work probes the boundaries of memory, examining what exists in the interstitial space between landscape and documentation. Approaching the analog film frame as tactile material offers new ways to investigate the image as archive. Solar holds a BFA in Film from NSCAD University.