Activities per year
Abstract
Film #4 in The Archival Futures of Outer Space Quartet.
As the life of the International Space Station (ISS) comes to an end, how will astronauts say their final goodbyes?
Requiem imagines the last remaining astronauts on the International Space Station bidding farewell to their vessel before it is deorbited and crashed into the remote Pacific Ocean. Based on an original collection of poems — voiced by actual astronauts around the world — this hybrid, speculative non-fiction film combines exquisite still photographs of the ISS with dramatic archival footage that evokes its future watery grave. As the ISS's lifespan draws inexorably to a close, how will say goodbye to an outer space habitat that has been a home to astronauts for decades?
Featuring the generous participation of astronauts Cady Coleman (NASA), Claudie Haigneré (ESA), Paolo Nespoli (ESA), Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (Romanian cosmonaut) and Soyeon Yi (South Korean astronaut).
Official Film Festival Selections:
2023 Pariscience International Science Film Festival | Paris, France
2023 St Kilda Film Festival | Melbourne
2023 Revelation Perth International Film Festival
2023 Experimental Film Festival | Guanajuato, Mexico
As the life of the International Space Station (ISS) comes to an end, how will astronauts say their final goodbyes?
Requiem imagines the last remaining astronauts on the International Space Station bidding farewell to their vessel before it is deorbited and crashed into the remote Pacific Ocean. Based on an original collection of poems — voiced by actual astronauts around the world — this hybrid, speculative non-fiction film combines exquisite still photographs of the ISS with dramatic archival footage that evokes its future watery grave. As the ISS's lifespan draws inexorably to a close, how will say goodbye to an outer space habitat that has been a home to astronauts for decades?
Featuring the generous participation of astronauts Cady Coleman (NASA), Claudie Haigneré (ESA), Paolo Nespoli (ESA), Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (Romanian cosmonaut) and Soyeon Yi (South Korean astronaut).
Official Film Festival Selections:
2023 Pariscience International Science Film Festival | Paris, France
2023 St Kilda Film Festival | Melbourne
2023 Revelation Perth International Film Festival
2023 Experimental Film Festival | Guanajuato, Mexico
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Film |
| Size | 16 mins |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Prizes
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2023 Pariscience International Science Film Festival - Official Selection (Requiem) | Paris, France
Dovey, Ceridwen (Recipient) & Potts, Rowena (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinction
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St Kilda Film Festival - Australian Documentary Showcase Selection (Requiem)
Dovey, Ceridwen (Recipient) & Potts, Rowena (Recipient), 2023
Prize
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Invited screening | Moonrise & Requiem | AI and Other Scientific Fables Conference | ANU School of Cybernetics
Ceridwen Dovey (Invited speaker) & Rowena Potts (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Invited speaker (and screening of Moonrise & Requiem) | Research Seminar | Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS)
Ceridwen Dovey (Invited speaker) & Rowena Potts (Invited speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Screenings of The Archival Futures of Outer Space Film Quartet (by Rowena Potts & Ceridwen Dovey) | ARCHIVE AD ASTRA exhibition (curated by Adryon Kozel) | University College London (UCL) Anthropology Department | London, UK
Ceridwen Dovey (Invited speaker) & Rowena Potts (Invited speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Research output
- 3 Digital or Visual products
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Memorabilia
Dovey, C. & Potts, R., 2023Research output: Non-traditional research output › Digital or Visual products