One Day I Stood Still

As a woman stands at a subway stop, she dreams of arresting time and moving through it more gracefully. In this moment of pause, we dive into the whirlwind of her thoughts about both the beauties and horrors of life. “An arrestingly beautiful, stunningly assured journey into the psychic depths of one moment in a woman’s life. By turns ominous, humorous and romantic, it reveals the magic hidden behind the veil of time.” – Toronto International Film Festival, 1996 “Within its allusive narrative strands of feminine fantasy and power, ‘One Day I Stood Still’ is a poetic, romantic and engaging exploration of a troubled figure stranded between nature and civilization… An accomplished, absorbing work by a talented filmmaker.” – Take One Magazine “Kudos in particular for actor/director Valerie Buhagiar’s ‘One Day I Stood Still’ – an arresting 11-minute meditation on one woman’s mortality that makes downtown Toronto look like the kind of place where meeting Death on the subway might be a fairly normal occurrence.” – Eye Weekly, Sept. 5, 1996