Anteroom of the Real
Tile: Anteroom of the Real
14:28 min, color, silent
Location: Gävle City Library, 2011
The film takes its starting point in the deserted town of Pripyat, located within the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A pair of hands flip slowly through a pile of photographs: images of a model of Reactor 4, buildings in Pripyat, books in abandoned offices, empty rooms, trashed interiors, pictures of a TV monitor showing a documentary about Chernobyl, etc. As the timelines of the still and moving images cross, the film raises questions about what an editing room is and can be, and about narrativity, time, and images.
Countries of production: Ukraine and Sweden
Producer: Lina Selander
Script: Lina Selander
Camera: Lina Selander
Camera assistant: Lena Bergendahl
Light: Björn Larsson
Editing: Lina Selander and Oscar Mangione
