Froglight

FROGLIGHT is a film about having faith in the unknown. “…glowing, shimmering, wow – and sentiments to or rather thinking, questioning, wondering… wondering, beautiful.” – Barbara Sternberg (Toronto filmmaker) “A shimmering black-and-white reflection of ineffable and wondrous experience.” – Jim Sinclair (Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver) Award: Honourable Mention, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2000. DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: In FROGLIGHT, poetic voice-over narration is woven with images and sounds from the natural landscape to engage viewers’ imaginations. As a result of allowing elements to come magically together in the creative process, the film has an intangible sensibility that echoes the experience of trying to trust in something that cannot be seen or touched. FROGLIGHT is an exploratory film made during a five-day hand-processing retreat led by Canadian experimental filmmaker Philip Hoffman. The film is in memory of Phil’s wife, Marian McMahon – filmmaker, academic and independent curator. Her ideas and suggestions were instrumental in the development of FROGLIGHT.